Dual Panel1AND TO the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Sardis write: These are the words of Him Who has the seven Spirits of God [the sevenfold Holy Spirit] and the seven stars: I know your record {and} what you are doing; you are supposed to be alive, but [in reality] you are dead.
2Rouse yourselves {and} keep awake, and strengthen {and} invigorate what remains and is on the point of dying; for I have not found a thing that you have done [any work of yours] meeting the requirements of My God {or} perfect in His sight.
3So call to mind the lessons you received and heard; continually lay them to heart {and} obey them, and repent. In case you will not rouse yourselves {and} keep awake {and watch}, I will come upon you like a thief, and you will not know {or} suspect at what hour I will come.
4Yet you still have a few [persons'] names in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes, and they shall walk with Me in white, because they are worthy {and} deserving.
5Thus shall he who conquers (is victorious) be clad in white garments, and I will not erase {or} blot out his name from the Book of Life; I will acknowledge him [as Mine] {and} I will confess his name openly before My Father and before His angels.
6He who is able to hear, let him listen to {and} heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).
7And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, He Who has the key of David, Who opens and no one shall shut, Who shuts and no one shall open:
8I know your [record of] works {and} what you are doing. See! I have set before you a door wide open which no one is able to shut; I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept My Word {and} guarded My message and have not renounced {or} denied My name.
9Take note! I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews and are not, but lie--behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet and learn {and} acknowledge that I have loved you.
10Because you have guarded {and} kept My word of patient endurance [have held fast the lesson of My patience with the expectant endurance that I give you], I also will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial (testing) which is coming on the whole world to try those who dwell upon the earth.
11I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one may rob you {and} deprive you of your crown.
12He who overcomes (is victorious), I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of My God; he shall never be put out of it {or} go out of it, and I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which descends from My God out of heaven, and My own new name.
13He who can hear, let him listen to {and} heed what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).
14And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the trusty {and} faithful and true Witness, the Origin {and} Beginning {and} Author of God's creation:
15I know your [record of] works {and} what you are doing; you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot!
16So, because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth!
17For you say, I am rich; I have prospered {and} grown wealthy, and I am in need of nothing; and you do not realize {and} understand that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
18Therefore I counsel you to purchase from Me gold refined {and} tested by fire, that you may be [truly] wealthy, and white clothes to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nudity from being seen, and salve to put on your eyes, that you may see.
19Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I tell their faults and convict {and} convince {and} reprove and chasten [I discipline and instruct them]. So be enthusiastic {and} in earnest {and} burning with zeal and repent [changing your mind and attitude].
20Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears {and} listens to {and} heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me.
21He who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant him to sit beside Me on My throne, as I Myself overcame (was victorious) and sat down beside My Father on His throne.
22He who is able to hear, let him listen to {and} heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).