^19 (A)“‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.

To the Church in Sardis

3 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him ^(A)who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.

“‘I know your works. You have the reputation ^(B)of being alive, ^(C)but you are dead.

⁸ “‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you ^(A)an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

¹⁵ “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. ^(A)Would that you were either cold or hot!