1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: “Thus says the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands: 2 I know your works, your toil and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people. You tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be liars. 3 You have endurance, and you have borne up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. 4 But I have this against you: you have abandoned your first love. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I am coming to you, and I will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. 6 But you have this: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes I will grant to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.” 8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: “Thus says the First and the Last, who was dead and came to life: 9 I know your tribulation and poverty—but you are rich—and the slander from those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Do not fear anything you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life. 11 Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will never be harmed by the second death.” 12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: “Thus says the one who has the sharp two-edged sword: 13 I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. You hold fast my name, and you did not deny faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. 14 But I have a few things against you, because you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, so that they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. 15 So you also have those who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans in the same way. 16 Repent therefore. If not, I am coming to you soon, and I will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone inscribed with a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.” 18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: “Thus says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze: 19 I know your works, your love and faith and service and endurance, and that your later works are more than your first. 20 But I have this against you: you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches my slaves and deceives them into committing sexual immorality and eating food sacrificed to idols. 21 I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality. 22 Look, I am casting her onto a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works. 23 I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works. 24 But to you, the rest in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching and have not known ‘the deep things of Satan,’ as they say, I say: I put no other burden on you. 25 Only hold fast what you have until I come. 26 And to the one who overcomes and keeps my works to the end, I will give authority over the nations, 27 and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as clay vessels are shattered, 28 just as I also have received authority from my Father. And I will give him the morning star. 29 Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”