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Jesus' Letter to the Church in Sardis
3 1"Write this to the angel of the church in Sardis: "The One who has the seven
spirits and the seven stars is saying these things [to you]. I know the things you
do. People say that you are alive. But really you are dead. 2Wake up! Make yourselves
stronger while you still have something left. Make yourselves stronger before it
dies completely. I find that the things you do are not good enough for my God.
3So don't forget what you have received and heard. Obey it. Change your hearts and
lives! You must wake up, or I will come to you [and surprise you] like a thief.
You will not know when I will come. 4But you have a few people [in your group] there
in Sardis who have kept themselves clean. Those people will walk with me. They will
wear white clothes, because they are worthy. 5Every person that wins the victory
will be dressed in white clothes like these people. I will not take away that person's
name from the book of life. I will say that he belongs to me. I will say this before
my Father and before his angels. 6Every person that hears these things should listen
to what the Spirit* says to the churches.
Jesus' Letter to the Church in Philadelphia
7"Write this to the angel of the church in Philadelphia: "The One who is holy and
true is saying these words to you. He holds the key of David.* When he opens something,
it cannot be closed. And when he closes something, it cannot be opened. 8I know
the things you do. I have put an open door before you. No person can close it. I
know that you are weak. But you have followed my teaching. You were not afraid
to speak my name. 9Listen! There is a synagogue (group) that belongs to Satan (the
devil). Those people say they are Jews, but they are liars. Those people are not
[true] Jews. I will make those people come before you and bow at your feet. They
will know that you are the people I have loved. 10You followed my command to endure
patiently. So I will keep you from the time of trouble that will come to the whole
world. This trouble will test the people who live on the earth. 11"I am coming soon.
Continue the way you are now. Then no person will take away your crown (reward).
12The person that wins the victory will be a pillar* in the temple* of my God.
I will do that for the person that wins the victory. That person will never again
have to leave God's temple. I will write the name of my God on that person. And
I will write the name of the city of my God on that person. That city is the new
Jerusalem.* That city is coming down out of heaven from my God. I will also write
my new name on that person. 13Every person that hears these things should listen
to what the Spirit* says to the churches.
Jesus' Letter to the Church in Laodicea
14"Write this to the angel of the church in Laodicea: "The Amen* is the One saying
these things [to you]. He is the faithful and true witness. He is the ruler of all
that God has made. This is what he says: 15I know what you do. You are not hot or
cold. I wish that you were hot or cold! 16But you are only warm--not hot, not cold.
So I am ready to spit you out of my mouth. 17You say you are rich. You think you
have become wealthy and don't need a thing. But you don't know that you are really
terrible, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. 18I advise you to buy gold from me--gold
made pure in fire. Then you can be truly rich. I tell you this: Buy clothes that
are white. Then you can cover your shameful nakedness. I also tell you to buy medicine
to put on your eyes. Then you can truly see. 19"I correct and punish those people
that I love. So start trying hard! Change your hearts and lives! 20Here I am! I
stand at the door and knock. If a person hears my voice and opens the door, I will
come in and eat with that person. And that person will eat with me. 21"I will let
every person that wins the victory sit with me on my throne. It was the same with
me. I won the victory and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22Every person
that hears these things should listen to what the Spirit* says to the churches."
Footnotes: Spirit The Holy Spirit. He brings God's message (truth) to God's people.
David King of Israel about 1000 years before Christ. pillar One of the tall, carved
stones used to hold up the roof of a building. temple God's house--the place where
God's people worship and serve him. Jerusalem The spiritual city God built for his
people. Amen Used here as a name for Jesus, it means to agree strongly that something
is true.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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