2 Herää ja vahvista sitä, mikä vielä on jäljellä, sitä, mikä jo oli kuolemaisillaan. Olen havainnut, että tekosi eivät täytä minun Jumalani vaatimusta.

3 Muista, kuinka kuulit sanan ja otit sen vastaan, tarkkaa sitä ja tee parannus. Ellet ole hereillä, minä tulen kuin varas, yllätän sinut hetkellä, jota et aavista.

5 Se, joka voittaa, saa ylleen valkeat vaatteet, enkä minä pyyhi hänen nimeään elämän kirjasta, vaan tunnustan hänet omakseni Isäni ja hänen enkeliensä edessä.

9 Niinpä minä annan sinulle väkeä Saatanan synagogasta, niitä valehtelijoita, jotka sanovat itseään juutalaisiksi vaikka eivät ole. Minä panen heidät tulemaan luoksesi ja kumartumaan maahan jalkojesi edessä, ja he ymmärtävät silloin, että sinä olet minun valittuni.

10 Sinä olet tarkoin seurannut sanaani ja kestänyt, ja siksi minä puolestani tarkoin varjelen sinua ja pelastan sinut siitä koetuksen hetkestä, joka kohtaa koko maailman ja panee koetteelle maan asukkaat.

12 Siitä, joka voittaa, minä teen pylvään Jumalani temppeliin, eikä hän joudu milloinkaan lähtemään sieltä. Minä kirjoitan häneen Jumalani nimen ja Jumalani kaupungin nimen, uuden Jerusalemin, joka laskeutuu taivaasta Jumalani luota, ja oman uuden nimeni.

16 Mutta sinä olet haalea, et kuuma etkä kylmä, ja siksi minä oksennan sinut suustani.

18 Annan sinulle neuvon: osta minulta tulessa puhdistettua kultaa, niin tulet rikkaaksi, osta valkoiset vaatteet ja pue ne yllesi, niin häpeällinen alastomuutesi peittyy, osta silmävoidetta ja voitele silmäsi, niin näet.

19 Jokaista, jota rakastan, minä nuhtelen ja kuritan. Tee siis parannus, luovu penseydestäsi!

20 Minä seison ovella ja kolkutan. Jos joku kuulee minun ääneni ja avaa oven, minä tulen hänen luokseen, ja me aterioimme yhdessä, minä ja hän.

22 Jolla on korvat, se kuulkoon, mitä Henki sanoo seurakunnille.

1 "And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write:

"He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars says these things:

"I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up and strengthen the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God. 3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon you. 4 Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis that didn’t defile their garments. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. 5 He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. 6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.

7 "To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write:

"He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:

8 "I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name. 9 Behold, I make some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie—behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. 10 Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. 11 I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown. 12 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name. 13 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.

14 "To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write:

"The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of God’s creation, says these things:

15 "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth. 17 Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing,’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked; 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with me. 21 He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies."