| Church | Description of Christ | Commendation | Rebuke | Solution | Consequence of Disobedience | Promise for Conquerors |
| Ephesus (2:1–7) | holds the seven stars in his right hand; walks among the seven golden lampstands | doctrinal vigilance and endurance | loss of first love | remember, repent, and do the works done at first | removal of their lampstand | will be given the tree of life in paradise to eat |
| Smyrna (2:8–11) | the first and the last, who died and came to life | spiritually rich, enduring persecution | — | be faithful unto death | — | will be given the crown of life and will not be hurt by the second death |
| Pergamum (2:12–17) | has the sharp two-edged sword | holding fast Christ’s name, not denying their faith | false teaching | repent | war against them with the sword of Christ’s mouth | will be given hidden manna and a white stone with a new name on it |
| Thyatira (2:18–29) | has eyes like a flame of fire, feet like burnished bronze | growing love, evidenced in deeds of service | lack of discernment; toleration of heresy | hold fast and keep Christ’s works till the end | each given as their works deserve | will be given the morning star and authority over the nations |
| Sardis (3:1–6) | has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars | a few remain pure and loyal | dead works | keep the Word and repent | Christ will come like a thief | will be clothed in white garments; name never blotted out of the book of life; name confessed before God and angels |
| Philadelphia (3:7–13) | the holy one, the true one, who has the keys of David | patiently enduring, keeping God’s word and not denying his name | — | hold fast what you have | — | will be made a pillar in the temple of God, inscribed with the names of God, the new Jerusalem, and Christ |
| Laodicea (3:14–22) | the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation | — | spiritually blind, bankrupt, naked, lukewarm | buy gold, white garments, and salve from Christ; be zealous and repent | will be spit out of Christ’s mouth | will dine with Christ; will be granted to sit with Christ on his throne |