| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1“To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: | 1“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. |
| 2“I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; | 2I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles. |
| 3and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary. | 3Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name. |
| 4Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. | 4But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love. |
| 5Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent. | 5Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. |
| 6But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. | 6But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. |
| 7“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” ’ | 7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God. |
| 8“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, ‘These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life: | 8To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life. |
| 9“I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. | 9I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan. |
| 10Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. | 10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. |
| 11“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.” ’ | 11He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death. |
| 12“And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, ‘These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword: | 12To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword. |
| 13“I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. | 13I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells. |
| 14But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. | 14But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. |
| 15Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. | 15In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. |
| 16Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth. | 16Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth. |
| 17“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.” ’ | 17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it. |
| 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: | 18To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze. |
| 19“I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first. | 19I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latter deeds are greater than your first. |
| 20Nevertheless 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. | 20But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. |
| 21And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. | 21Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. |
| 22Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. | 22Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds. |
| 23I 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. | 23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. |
| 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. | 24But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place no further burden upon you. |
| 25But hold fast what you have till I come. | 25Nevertheless, hold fast to what you have until I come. |
| 26And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations— | 26And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations. |
| 27‘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; | 27He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father. |
| 28and I will give him the morning star. | 28And I will give him the morning star. |
| 29“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’ | 29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. |
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