Chapter 3

3AnduntothemessengerofthechurchinSardiswrite;ThesethingssayshewhohasthesevenSpiritsofGod,andthesevenstars;Iknowthyworks,thatyouhaveanamethatyoulive,andaredead.
2Bewatchful,andstrengthenthethingswhichremain,thatarereadytodie:forIhavenotfoundthyworkscompletebeforeGod.
3Rememberthereforehowyouhavereceivedandheard,andholdfast,andrepent.If,therefore,youwillnotwatch,Iwillcomelikeathief,andyouwillnotknowwhathourIwillcomeuponyou.
4YouhavelittlenameseveninSardiswhohavenotdefiledtheirgarments;andtheyshallwalkwithmeinwhite:fortheyareworthy.
5Hewhoovercomes,thesameshallbeclothedinwhiteraiment;andIwillnotblotouthisnameoutofthebookoflife,butIwillconfesshisnamebeforemyFather,andbeforehismessengers.
6Hewhohasanear,lethimhearwhattheSpiritsaysuntothechurches.
7AndtothemessengerofthechurchinPhiladelphiawrite;Thesethingssayshethatisholy,hewhoistrue,hewhohasthekeyofDavid,hewhoopens,andnoneshuts;andshuts,andnoneopens;
8Iknowthyworks:behold,Ihavesetbeforeyouanopendoor,andnonecanshutit:foryouhavesmallmight,andhavekeptmyword,andhavenotdeniedmyname.
9Behold,IwillmakethemofthesynagogueofSatan,whosaytheyareJews,andarenot,butdolie;behold,Iwillmakethemtocomeandworshipbeforethyfeet,andtoknowthatIhavelovedyou.
10Becauseyouhavekeptthewordofmypatience,Ialsowillkeepyoufromthehouroftemptation,whichshallcomeuponalltheworld,totrythosewhodwellupontheearth.
11Behold,Icomequickly:holdthatfastwhichyouhave,thatnoonetakethycrown.
12HimwhoovercomeswillImakeapillarinthetempleofmyGod,andheshallgonomoreout:andIwillwriteuponhimthenameofmyGod,andthenameofthecityofmyGod,whichisnewJerusalem,whichcomesdownoutofheavenfrommyGod:andmynewname.
13Hewhohasanear,lethimhearwhattheSpiritsaysuntothechurches.
14AnduntothemessengerofthechurchoftheLaodiceanswrite;ThesethingssaystheAmen,thefaithfulandtruewitness,thebeginningofthecreationofGod;
15Iknowthyworks,thatyouareneithercoldnorhot:Iwouldyouwerecoldorhot.
16Sothenbecauseyouarelukewarm,andneithercoldnorhot,Iwillspueyououtofmymouth.
17Becauseyousay,Iamrich,andprospered,andhaveneedofnothing;andknownotthatyouarewretched,andmiserable,andpoor,andblind,andnaked:
18Icounselyoutobuyofmegoldburnedinthefire,thatyoumayberich;andwhiteraiment,thatyoumaybeclothed,andthattheshameofthynakednessdonotappear;andeyesalvetoanointyoureyes,thatyoumaysee.
19AsmanyasIlove,Irebukeandchasten:bezealoustherefore,andrepent.
20Behold,Istandatthedoor,andknock:ifanymanhearmyvoice,andopensthedoor,Iwillcomeintohim,andwilleatwithhim,andhewithme.
21TohimwhoovercomeswillIgranttositwithmeinmythrone,evenasIalsoovercame,andamsetdownwithmyFatherinhisthrone.
22Hewhohasanear,lethimhearwhattheSpiritsaysuntothechurches.