Revelation 2  Legacy Standard Bible

To the Church in Ephesus

2 “To the angel of the church in ^(A)Ephesus write:

This is what the One who holds ^(B)the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks ^[a](C)among the seven golden lampstands, says:

² ‘^(D)I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot bear with those who are evil, and you ^(E)put to the test those who call themselves ^(F)apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; ³ and you have perseverance and have ^[b]endured ^(G)for My name’s sake, you also have not grown weary. ⁴ But I have this against you, that you have ^(H)left your first love. ⁵ Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and ^(I)repent and ^(J)do the ^[c]deeds you did at first. But if not, I am coming to you and will remove your ^(K)lampstand out of its place, unless you repent. ⁶ Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the ^(L)Nicolaitans, which I also hate. ^7 (M)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^(N)To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of ^(O)the tree of life which is in the ^(P)Paradise of God.’

To the Church in Smyrna

⁸ “And to the angel of the church in ^(Q)Smyrna write:

^(R)This is what the first and the last, who ^[d](S)was dead, and has come to life, says:

⁹ ‘I know your ^(T)tribulation and your ^(U)poverty (but you are ^(V)rich), and the blasphemy by those who ^(W)say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of ^(X)Satan. ¹⁰ Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be ^(Y)tested, and you will have tribulation ^(Z)for ten days. ^[e]Be ^(AA)faithful until death, and I will give you ^(AB)the crown of life. ^11 (AC)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^(AD)He who overcomes will never be hurt by the ^(AE)second death.’

To the Church in Pergamum

¹² “And to the angel of the church in ^(AF)Pergamum write:

This is what the One who has ^(AG)the sharp two-edged sword says:

¹³ ‘I know where you dwell, where ^(AH)Satan’s throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny ^(AI)My faith even in the days of Antipas, My ^(AJ)witness, My ^(AK)faithful one, who was killed among you, ^(AL)where Satan dwells. ¹⁴ But ^(AM)I have a few things against you, that you have there some who hold the ^(AN)teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, ^(AO)to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality. ¹⁵ So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the ^(AP)Nicolaitans. ¹⁶ Therefore ^(AQ)repent. But if not, ^(AR)I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with ^(AS)the sword of My mouth. ^17 (AT)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^(AU)To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden ^(AV)manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a ^(AW)new name written on the stone ^(AX)which no one knows but he who receives it.’

To the Church in Thyatira

¹⁸ “And to the angel of the church in ^(AY)Thyatira write:

^(AZ)This is what the Son of God, the One ^(BA)who has ^[f]eyes like a flame of fire and His feet are like burnished bronze, says:

¹⁹ ‘^(BB)I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your last deeds are greater than ^[g]at first. ²⁰ But ^(BC)I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman ^(BD)Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and deceives My slaves so that they ^(BE)commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. ^21 (BF)And I gave her time to repent, and she ^(BG)does not wish to repent of her sexual immorality. ²² Behold, I will throw her ^[h]on a bed of sickness, and those who ^(BH)commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of ^[i]her deeds. ²³ And I will kill her children with ^[j]pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who ^(BI)searches the ^[k]minds and hearts; and ^(BJ)I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. ²⁴ But I say to you, the rest who are in ^(BK)Thyatira, who do not have this teaching, who have not known the ^(BL)deep things of Satan, as they call them—I ^(BM)place no other burden on you. ²⁵ Nevertheless ^(BN)what you have, hold fast ^(BO)until I come. ^26 (BP)And he who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds ^(BQ)until the end, ^(BR)to him I will give authority over the ^[l]nations; ²⁷ and he shall ^[m](BS)rule them with a rod of iron, ^(BT)as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority from My Father; ²⁸ and I will give him ^(BU)the morning star. ^29 (BV)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’