Rev.2.18

Write this to Thyatira, to the Angel of the church. God's Son, eyes pouring fire-blaze, standing on feet of furnace-fired bronze, says this:

Rev.2.18

"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

Rev.2.18

"And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, "These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:

Rev.2.18

"Write this letter to the angel of the church in Thyatira. This is the message from the Son of God, whose eyes are bright like flames of fire, whose feet are like polished bronze:

Rev.2.19

"I see everything you're doing for me. Impressive! The love and the faith, the service and persistence. Yes, very impressive! You get better at it every day.

Rev.2.19

I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.

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"I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.

Rev.2.19

"I know all the things you do--your love, your faith, your service, and your patient endurance. And I can see your constant improvement in all these things.

Rev.2.20

"But why do you let that Jezebel who calls herself a prophet mislead my dear servants into Cross-denying, self-indulging religion?

Rev.2.20

Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.

Rev.2.20

Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.

Rev.2.20

But I have this complaint against you. You are permitting that woman--that Jezebel who calls herself a prophet--to lead my servants astray. She is encouraging them to worship idols, eat food offered to idols, and commit sexual sin.

Rev.2.21

I gave her a chance to change her ways, but she has no intention of giving up a career in the god-business.

Rev.2.21

I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.

Rev.2.21

And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.

Rev.2.21

I gave her time to repent, but she would not turn away from her immorality.

Rev.2.22

I'm about to lay her low, along with her partners, as they play their sex-and-religion games.

Rev.2.22

So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways.

Rev.2.22

Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds.

Rev.2.22

Therefore, I will throw her upon a sickbed, and she will suffer greatly with all who commit adultery with her, unless they turn away from all their evil deeds.

Rev.2.23

The bastard offspring of their idol-whoring I'll kill. Then every church will know that appearances don't impress me. I x-ray every motive and make sure you get what's coming to you.

Rev.2.23

I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

Rev.2.23

I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.

Rev.2.23

I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am the one who searches out the thoughts and intentions of every person. And I will give to each of you whatever you deserve.

Rev.2.24

"The rest of you Thyatirans, who have nothing to do with this outrage, who scorn this playing around with the Devil that gets paraded as profundity, be assured I'll not make life any harder for you than it already is.

Rev.2.24

Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan's so-called deep secrets (I will not impose any other burden on you):

Rev.2.24

"Now to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I will put on you no other burden.

Rev.2.24

But I also have a message for the rest of you in Thyatira who have not followed this false teaching ('deeper truths,' as they call them--depths of Satan, really). I will ask nothing more of you

Rev.2.25

Hold on to the truth you have until I get there.

Rev.2.25

Only hold on to what you have until I come.

Rev.2.25

But hold fast what you have till I come.

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except that you hold tightly to what you have until I come.

Rev.2.26

"Here's the reward I have for every conqueror, everyone who keeps at it, refusing to give up: You'll rule the nations,

Rev.2.26

To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations--

Rev.2.26

And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations--

Rev.2.26

"To all who are victorious, who obey me to the very end, I will give authority over all the nations.

Rev.2.27

your Shepherd-King rule as firm as an iron staff, their resistance fragile as clay pots. This was the gift my Father gave me; I pass it along to you--

Rev.2.27

'He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery'--

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"He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter's vessels'-- as I also have received from My Father;

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They will rule the nations with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots.

Rev.2.28

and with it, the Morning Star!

Rev.2.28

just as I have received authority from my Father. I will also give him the morning star.

Rev.2.28

and I will give him the morning star.

Rev.2.28

They will have the same authority I received from my Father, and I will also give them the morning star!

Rev.2.29

"Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches."

Rev.2.29

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

Rev.2.29

"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."'

Rev.2.29

Anyone who is willing to hear should listen to the Spirit and understand what the Spirit is saying to the churches.

Rev.3.1

Write this to Sardis, to the Angel of the church. The One holding the Seven Spirits of God in one hand, a firm grip on the Seven Stars with the other, speaks: "I see right through your work. You have a reputation for vigor and zest, but you're dead, stone dead.

Rev.3.1

"To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

Rev.3.1

"And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, "These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: "I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.

Rev.3.1

"Write this letter to the angel of the church in Sardis. This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars: "I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive--but you are dead.

Rev.3.2

"Up on your feet! Take a deep breath! Maybe there's life in you yet. But I wouldn't know it by looking at your busywork; nothing of God's work has been completed. Your condition is desperate.

Rev.3.2

Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God.

Rev.3.2

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God.

Rev.3.2

Now wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is at the point of death. Your deeds are far from right in the sight of God.

Rev.3.3

Think of the gift you once had in your hands, the Message you heard with your ears--grasp it again and turn back to God. "If you pull the covers back over your head and sleep on, oblivious to God, I'll return when you least expect it, break into your life like a thief in the night.

Rev.3.3

Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.

Rev.3.3

Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.

Rev.3.3

Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly and turn to me again. Unless you do, I will come upon you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.

Rev.3.4

"You still have a few Christians in Sardis who haven't ruined themselves wallowing in the muck of the world's ways. They'll walk with me on parade! They've proved their worth!

Rev.3.4

Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.

Rev.3.4

You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.

Rev.3.4

"Yet even in Sardis there are some who have not soiled their garments with evil deeds. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

Rev.3.5

"Conquerors will march in the victory parade, their names indelible in the Book of Life. I'll lead them up and present them by name to my Father and his Angels.

Rev.3.5

He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.

Rev.3.5

He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

Rev.3.5

All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine.

Rev.3.6

"Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches."

Rev.3.6

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

Rev.3.6

"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."'

Rev.3.6

Anyone who is willing to hear should listen to the Spirit and understand what the Spirit is saying to the churches.