1And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.[ † ]Revelation 1:4-16 2Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. 3Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.[ † ]1 Timothy 6:20Revelation 3:19Matthew 24:42-43Luke 12:391 Thessalonians 5:22 Peter 3:10Revelation 16:15 4Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.[ † ]Acts 1:15Jude 23Revelation 4:4Revelation 6:11 5He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.[ † ]Revelation 19:8Exodus 32:32Psalms 69:28Luke 10:20Revelation 13:8Revelation 17:8Revelation 20:12-15Revelation 21:27Philippians 4:3Matthew 10:32Luke 12:8 6He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.[ † ]Revelation 2:7
7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;[ † ]Acts 3:14John 14:61 John 5:20Revelation 3:14Revelation 19:11Isaiah 9:7Isaiah 22:22Jeremiah 23:5Matthew 16:19Revelation 1:18Job 12:14 8I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.[ † ]Revelation 3:11 Corinthians 16:9 9Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.[ † ]Revelation 2:9Isaiah 45:14Isaiah 49:23Isaiah 60:14 10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.[ † ]2 Timothy 2:122 Peter 2:9Luke 2:1Isaiah 24:17 11Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.[ † ]Philippians 4:5Revelation 2:25Revelation 2:10 12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.[ † ]1 Kings 7:21Jeremiah 1:18Galatians 2:9Psalms 23:6Revelation 14:1Revelation 22:4Hebrews 12:22Revelation 21:2Revelation 2:17 13He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.[ † ]Revelation 2:7
14And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;[ † ]Isaiah 65:162 Corinthians 1:20Revelation 1:5Revelation 3:7Revelation 19:11Colossians 1:15 15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.[ † ]Revelation 3:1 16So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:[ † ]Hosea 12:8Zechariah 11:5Matthew 5:31 Corinthians 4:8 18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.[ † ]Isaiah 55:1Matthew 13:442 Corinthians 5:3 19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.[ † ]Job 5:17Proverbs 3:122 Corinthians 11:32Hebrews 12:6 20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.[ † ]Song of Solomon 5:2Luke 12:36-37John 10:3John 14:23 21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.[ † ]Matthew 19:282 Timothy 2:12Revelation 2:26Revelation 20:4 22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.[ † ]Revelation 2:7