1 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has ^athe seven spirits of God and ^bthe seven stars.

“‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and ^crepent. If you will not wake up, I will come ^dlike a thief, and ^eyou will not know at what hour I will come against you. 4 Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not ^fsoiled their garments, and they will walk with me in ^gwhite, for they are ^hworthy. 5 The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the ⁱbook of life. I will ^jconfess his name before my Father and before his angels. 6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the ^ktrue one, who has the ^lkey of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.

8 “‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have ^mkept my word and have not denied my name. 9 Behold, I will make those of the ⁿsynagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and ^obow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have ^ploved you. 10 Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. 11 ^qI am coming soon. ^rHold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your ^scrown. 12 The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will ^twrite on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, ^uthe new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own ^vnew name. 13 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’