¹⁷ ‘Let everyone^[a] listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give some of the hidden manna to everyone who overcomes.’”^[b] I will also give him a white stone. On the white stone is written a new name that no one knows except the person who receives it.’”

The Letter to the Church in Thyatira

¹⁸ “To the messenger^[c] of the church in Thyatira, write:

‘The Son of God, whose eyes are like flaming fire and whose feet are like glowing bronze, says this:

¹⁹ ‘I know what you’ve been doing—your love, faithfulness,^[d] service, and endurance—and that your last actions are greater than the first.