¹⁶ He had seven stars in his right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from his mouth,^(A) and his face was shining like the sun at full strength.^(B)

²⁰ The mystery^(A) of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels^[a] of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands^[b] are the seven churches.^(B)

The Letters to the Seven Churches

The Letter to Ephesus

2 “Write to the angel^[a] of the church in Ephesus: Thus says the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven golden lampstands:^(A)