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Everyone who wins against Satan will wear white clothes like they do. I will never remove their names from God's book of life.[a] I will say clearly to my Father and his angels that those people belong to me. 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!” ’

Jesus' message to the believers at Philadelphia

‘Write this to the angel of the church at Philadelphia:

“This is my message to you. I am the one who is completely good, the true God. I have King David's key in my hand.[b] When I open a door, nobody can shut it. And when I shut a door, nobody can open it.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:5 ‘God's book of life’ has the names of people who will live with God for ever.
  2. 3:7 David was a great king of God's people, Israel. He lived on the earth a long time before Jesus lived here as a man. Both men belonged to the same family.

The one who is victorious(A) will, like them, be dressed in white.(B) I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life,(C) but will acknowledge that name before my Father(D) and his angels. Whoever has ears, let them hear(E) what the Spirit says to the churches.

To the Church in Philadelphia

“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia(F) write:

These are the words of him who is holy(G) and true,(H) who holds the key of David.(I) What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

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