(A)“I know your works, your labor, your [a]patience, and that you cannot [b]bear those who are evil. And (B)you have tested those (C)who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars;

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  1. Revelation 2:2 perseverance
  2. Revelation 2:2 endure

(A)I know your deeds and your labor and [a]perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people, and you have (B)put those who call themselves (C)apostles to the test, and they are not, and you found them to be false;

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  1. Revelation 2:2 Or steadfastness

I know your deeds,(A) your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested(B) those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.(C)

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“I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are (A)rich); and I know the blasphemy of (B)those who say they are Jews and are not, (C)but are a [a]synagogue of Satan.

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  1. Revelation 2:9 congregation

‘I know your (A)tribulation and your (B)poverty (but you are (C)rich), and the [a]slander by those who (D)say they are Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of (E)Satan.

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  1. Revelation 2:9 Or blasphemy

I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich!(A) I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not,(B) but are a synagogue of Satan.(C)

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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.

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13 ‘I know where you dwell, where (A)Satan’s throne is; and you hold firmly to My name, and did not deny (B)My faith even in the days of Antipas, My (C)witness, My (D)faithful one, who was killed among you, (E)where Satan dwells.

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13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me,(A) not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,(B) who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.(C)

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19 (A)“I know your works, love, [a]service, faith, and your [b]patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.

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  1. Revelation 2:19 NU, M faith, service
  2. Revelation 2:19 perseverance

19 (A)I know your deeds, and your love and faith, and service and [a]perseverance, and that your [b]deeds of late are greater than [c]at first.

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  1. Revelation 2:19 Or steadfastness
  2. Revelation 2:19 Lit last deeds
  3. Revelation 2:19 Lit the first

19 I know your deeds,(A) your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.

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26 And he who overcomes, and keeps (A)My works until the end, (B)to him I will give power over the nations—

27 ‘He(C) 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;

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26 (A)The one who overcomes, and the one who keeps My deeds (B)until the end, (C)I will give him authority over the [a]nations; 27 and he shall [b](D)rule them with a rod of iron, (E)as the vessels of the potter are shattered, as I also have received authority from My Father;

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  1. Revelation 2:26 Or Gentiles
  2. Revelation 2:27 Lit shepherd

26 To the one who is victorious(A) and does my will to the end,(B) I will give authority over the nations(C) 27 that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter(D) and will dash them to pieces like pottery’[a](E)—just as I have received authority from my Father.

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  1. Revelation 2:27 Psalm 2:9

The Dead Church

“And to the [a]angel of the church in Sardis write,

‘These things says He who (A)has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before [b]God.

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  1. Revelation 3:1 Or messenger
  2. Revelation 3:2 NU, M My God

Message to Sardis

“To the angel of the church in (A)Sardis write:

He who has [a](B)the seven spirits of God and (C)the seven stars, says this: ‘(D)I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, and yet you are (E)dead. Be constantly alert, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God.

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  1. Revelation 3:1 Possibly a symbolic reference to the Holy Spirit in His fullness, or to seven key angels

To the Church in Sardis

“To the angel[a] of the church in Sardis(A) write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits[b](B) of God and the seven stars.(C) I know your deeds;(D) you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.(E) Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.

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  1. Revelation 3:1 Or messenger; also in verses 7 and 14
  2. Revelation 3:1 That is, the sevenfold Spirit

19 (A)As many as I love, I rebuke and (B)chasten.[a] Therefore be [b]zealous and repent.

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  1. Revelation 3:19 discipline
  2. Revelation 3:19 eager

19 (A)Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline; therefore be zealous and (B)repent.

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19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(A) So be earnest and repent.(B)

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(A)“I know your works. See, I have set before you (B)an open door, [a]and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.

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  1. Revelation 3:8 NU, M which no one can shut

(A)I know your [a]deeds. Behold, I have put before you (B)an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have followed My word, and (C)have not denied My name.

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  1. Revelation 3:8 Or deeds (behold...shut), that you have

I know your deeds.(A) See, I have placed before you an open door(B) that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.(C)

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15 (A)“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.

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15 (A)I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; (B)I wish that you were cold or hot.

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15 I know your deeds,(A) that you are neither cold nor hot.(B) I wish you were either one or the other!

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