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.’

14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the ^wfaithful and true witness, ^xthe beginning of God’s creation.

15 “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. 17 For you say, ^y“I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing,” not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. 18 I counsel you to ^zbuy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself ^aand the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. 19 ^bThose whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, ^cI will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. 21 The one who conquers, ^dI will grant him to ^esit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand ^pthe key to the bottomless pit¹ and a great chain. 2 And he seized ^qthe dragon, ^rthat ancient serpent, who is the ^sdevil and ^tSatan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not ^udeceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.

4 Then I saw ^vthrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw ^wthe souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their ^xforeheads or their hands. They came to life and ^yreigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such ^zthe second death has no power, but they will be ^apriests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

7 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, ^bGog and Magog, to ^cgather them for battle; ^dtheir number is like the sand of the sea. 9 ^eAnd they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but ^ffire came down from heaven² and consumed them, 10 and the devil who had deceived them ^gwas thrown into the ^hlake of ⁱfire and sulfur where the beast and ^jthe false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky ^kfled away, and ^lno place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and ^mbooks were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the ⁿbook of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, ^oDeath and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. 14 ^pThen Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.