| Berean Study Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead. | 1"To the angel of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: 'I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. |
| 2Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God. | 2'Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. |
| 3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you. | 3So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. |
| 4But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white. | 4'But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. |
| 5Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels. | 5'He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. |
| 6He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. | 6'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' |
| 7To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open. | 7"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this: |
| 8I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name. | 8'I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name. |
| 9Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you. | 9Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie-- I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and make them know that I have loved you. |
| 10Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. | 10Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. |
| 11I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. | 11'I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown. |
| 12The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name. | 12'He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name. |
| 13He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. | 13'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' |
| 14To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation. | 14"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this: |
| 15I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other! | 15'I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. |
| 16So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth! | 16'So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. |
| 17You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. | 17'Because you say, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, |
| 18I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. | 18I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. |
| 19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent. | 19'Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. |
| 20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me. | 20'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. |
| 21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. | 21'He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. |
| 22He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” | 22'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'" |
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