- Apocalypse of St. John the Apostle
Previous - Next
Click here to show the links to concordance
chapter 2
1
Unto
the angel of the church of Ephesus write: These things saith he, who holdeth
the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden
candlesticks:
2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience,
and how thou canst not bear them that are evil, and thou hast tried them, who
say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
3 And thou hast patience, and hast endured for my name,
and hast not fainted.
4 But I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast
left thy first charity.
5 Be mindful therefore from whence thou art fallen: and
do penance, and do the first works. Or else I come to thee, and will move thy
candlestick out of its place, except thou do penance.
6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the
Nicolaites, which I also hate.
7 He, that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith to the churches: To him, that overcometh, I will give to eat of the tree
of life, which is in the paradise of my God.
8 And to the angel of the church of Smyrna write: These
things saith the First and the Last, who was dead, and is alive:
9 I know thy tribulation and thy poverty, but thou art
rich: and thou art blasphemed by them that say they are Jews and are not, but
are the synagogue of Satan.
10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer.
Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison that you may be tried: and
you shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful until death: and I will
give thee the crown of life.
11 He, that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith to the churches: He that shall overcome, shall not be hurt by the second
death.
12 And to the angel of the church of Pergamus write:
These things, saith he, that hath the sharp two edged sword:
13 I know where thou dwellest, where the seat of Satan
is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith. Even in those
days when Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain among you, where Satan
dwelleth.
14 But I have against thee a few things: because thou
hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a
stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat, and to commit
fornication:
15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the
Nicolaites.
16 In like manner do penance: if not, I will come to
thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
17 He, that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith to the churches: To him that overcometh, I will give the hidden manna,
and will give him a white counter, and in the counter, a new name written, which
no man knoweth, but he that receiveth it.
18 And to the angel of the church of Thyatira write:
These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like to a flame of fire,
and his feet like to fine brass.
19 I know thy works, and thy faith, and thy charity,
and thy ministry, and thy patience, and thy last works which are more than the
former.
20 But I have against thee a few things: because thou
sufferest the woman Jezabel, who calleth herself a prophetess, to teach, and to
seduce my servants, to commit fornication, and to eat of things sacrificed to
idols.
21 And I gave her a time that she might do penance, and
she will not repent of her fornication.
22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed: and they that
commit adultery with her shall be in very great tribulation, except they do
penance from their deeds.
23 And I will kill her children with death, and all the
churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts, and I
will give to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say,
24 And to the rest who are at Thyatira: Whosoever have
not this doctrine, and who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I
will not put upon you any other burthen.
25 Yet that, which you have, hold fast till I come.
26 And he that shall overcome, and keep my works unto
the end, I will give him power over the nations.
27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and as
the vessel of a potter they shall be broken,
28 As I also have received of my Father: and I will
give him the morning star.
29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith to the churches.
Previous - Next
Table of Contents | Words: Alphabetical - Frequency - Inverse - Length - Statistics | Help | IntraText Library
Best viewed with any browser at 800x600 or 768x1024 on Tablet PC
IntraText® (V89) - Some rights reserved by EuloTech SRL - 1996-2007. Content in this page is licensed under a Creative Commons License