21 I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.[a] 22 Look! I will throw her into a sickbed and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her[b] practices. 23 I will kill her children with the plague.[c](A) Then all the churches will know that I am the One who examines minds[d] and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works.

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  1. Revelation 2:21 Or her fornication
  2. Revelation 2:22 Other mss read their
  3. Revelation 2:23 Or I will surely kill her children
  4. Revelation 2:23 Lit kidneys

21 I have given her time(A) to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.(B) 22 So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery(C) with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds,(D) and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.(E)

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