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16 So you must stop doing these bad things. If you do not change how you live, I will quickly come to punish you. I will fight against those bad people with my sharp sword that comes out of my mouth.

17 God's Spirit is speaking to you in the churches. You should understand what the Spirit is saying to you. You have ears, so listen carefully! To everyone who wins against Satan I will give some of my special food called manna. I will also give each of them a white stone.[a] I will write a new name on that stone. Nobody will know that name except the person who receives it.” ’

Jesus' message to the believers at Thyatira

18 ‘Write this to the angel of the church at Thyatira:

“This is the message to you from the Son of God. He has eyes that burn brightly like flames of fire. His feet shine like bright metal.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:17 The colour white in the Bible usually means completely good and clean. So the white stone may show that God will make us like that. He will make our spirits completely clean if we continue to believe him.

16 Repent(A) therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.(B)

17 Whoever has ears, let them hear(C) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(D) I will give some of the hidden manna.(E) I will also give that person a white stone with a new name(F) written on it, known only to the one who receives it.(G)

To the Church in Thyatira

18 “To the angel of the church in Thyatira(H) write:

These are the words of the Son of God,(I) whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.(J)

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