Context 3and you have perseverance and have endured for My names sake, and have not grown weary. 4But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. 5Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its placeunless you repent. 6Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God. Message to Smyrna 8And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 9I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. 11He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death. Message to Pergamum 12And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: 13I know where you dwell, where Satans throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. 14But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality. 15So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth. 17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it. Message to Thyatira 18And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: 19I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first. 20But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality. 22Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds. 23And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. 24But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they call themI place no other burden on you. 25Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come. 26He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS; 27AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father; 28and I will give him the morning star. 29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. Parallel Verses American Standard Versionand thou hast patience and didst bear for my name's sake, and hast not grown weary. Douay-Rheims Bible And thou hast patience, and hast endured for my name, and hast not fainted. Darby Bible Translation and endurest, and hast borne for my name's sake, and hast not wearied: English Revised Version and thou hast patience and didst bear for my name's sake, and hast not grown weary. Webster's Bible Translation And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast labored, and hast not fainted. Weymouth New Testament And you endure patiently and have borne burdens for My sake and have never grown weary. World English Bible You have perseverance and have endured for my name's sake, and have not grown weary. Young's Literal Translation and thou didst bear, and hast endurance, and because of my name hast toiled, and hast not been weary. Library May 17. "To Him that Overcometh, Will I Give" (Rev. Ii. 17). "To him that overcometh, will I give" (Rev. ii. 17). A precious secret of Christian life is to have Jesus dwelling within the heart and conquering things that we never could overcome. It is the only secret of power in your life and mine, beloved. Men cannot understand it, nor will the world believe it; but it is true, that God will come to dwell within us, and be the power, and the purity, and the victory, and the joy of our life. It is no longer now, "What is the best that I can do?" but the question … Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth January 11. "Hold Fast Till I Come" (Rev. Ii. 25). Love's Complaining Declension from First Love The New Name. That There is no Security against Temptation in this Life The Seven Assemblies as a Whole (I. 11). The Fourth Jesus The Revelation Conclusion of the Subject. Pain of the Awakening. Light against Delusions. 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