ORIGINAL
1 AND to the Angel of the Church of Sardis, write, Thus says he that has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars, I know your works, that you have the name that you live, and you are dead.
2 Be vigilant, and confirm the rest of the things which were to die. For I find not your works full before my God.
3 Have in mind therefore in what manner you have received and heard: and keep, and do penance. If therefore you watch not, I will come to you as a thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come to you.
4 But you have a few names in Sardis, which have not defiled their garments: and they shall walk with me in whites, because they are worthy.
5 He that shall overcome, shall thus be vested in white garments, and I will not put his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his Angels.
6 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches.
7 And to the Angel of the Church of Philadelphia write, Thus says the Holy One and the True One, he that has the key of David; he that opens, and no man shuts: shuts, and no man opens.
8 I know your works. Behold I have given before you a door opened which no man can shut: because you have a little power, and have kept my word, and have not denied my name.
9 Behold I will give of the synagogue of Satan, which say they be Jews, and are not, but do lie. Behold I will make them come and adore before your feet. and they shall know that I have loved you.
10 because you have kept the word of my patience, and I will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon the whole world to tempt the inhabitants on the earth.
11 Behold I come quickly: hold that which you have, that no man take your crown.
12 He that shall overcome, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God: and he shall go out no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, new Jerusalem which descends out of heaven from my God, and my new name.
13 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches.
14 And to the Angel of the Church of Laodicea write, Thus says Amen, the faithful and true witness, which is the beginning of the creature of God.
15 I know your works, that you are neither cold, nor hot. I would you were cold, or hot.
16 But because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit you out of my mouth.
17 Because you say, That I am rich, and enriched, and lack nothing: and know not that you are a miser, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.
18 I counsel you to buy of me gold fire-tried, that you may be made rich: and may be clothed in white garments, that the confusion of your nakedness appear not: and with eie-salve anoint your eyes, that you may see,
19 I, whom I love, do rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do penance.
20 Behold I stand at the door and knock. if any man shall hear my voice, and open the gate, I will enter in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 He that shall overcome, I will give unto him to sit with me in my throne: as I also have overcome, and have set with my Father in his throne.
22 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches.
| CHALLONER
1
And to
the angel of the church of Sardis, write: These things saith he, that hath the
seven spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast the
name of being alive: and thou art dead.
2 Be watchful and strengthen the things that remain,
which are ready to die. For I find not thy works full before my God.
3 Have in mind therefore in what manner thou hast
received and heard: and observe, and do penance. If then thou shalt not watch,
I will come to thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know at what hour I will
come to thee.
4 But thou hast a few names in Sardis, which have not
defiled their garments: and they shall walk with me in white, because they are
worthy.
5 He that shall overcome, shall thus be clothed in
white garments, and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, and I
will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith to the churches.
7 And to the angel of the church of Philadelphia,
write: These things saith the Holy One and the true one, he that hath the key
of David; he that openeth, and no man shutteth; shutteth, and no man openeth:
8 I know thy works. Behold, I have given before thee a
door opened, which no man can shut: because thou hast a little strength, and
hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
9 Behold, I will bring of the synagogue of Satan, who
say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie. Behold, I will make them to come
and adore before thy feet. And they shall know that I have loved thee.
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I
will also keep thee from the hour of the temptation, which shall come upon the
whole world to try them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold fast that which thou
hast, that no man take thy crown.
12 He that shall overcome, I will make him a pillar in
the temple of my God; and he shall go out no more; and I will write upon him
the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which
cometh down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.
13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith to the churches.
14 And to the angel of the church of Laodicea, write:
These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, who is the
beginning of the creation of God:
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold, nor
hot. I would thou wert cold, or hot.
16 But because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold, not
hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest: I am rich, and made wealthy,
and have need of nothing: and knowest not, that thou art wretched, and
miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold fire tried, that
thou mayest be made rich; and mayest be clothed in white garments, and that the
shame of thy nakedness may not appear; and anoint thy eyes with eyesalve, that
thou mayest see.
19 Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous
therefore, and do penance.
20 Behold, I stand at the gate, and knock. If any man
shall hear my voice, and open to me the door, I will come in to him, and will
sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that shall overcome, I will give to sit with
me in my throne: as I also have overcome, and am set down with my Father in his
throne.
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith to the churches.
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