Revelation 3

Encouragement and Promise to Philadelphia Revelation 3:7–13

⁷Verse 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: ⁸Verse 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. ⁹Verse 9. Behold, I give 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.

¹⁰Verse 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. ¹¹Verse 11. I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown. ¹²Verse 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.

¹³Verse 13. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.

Condemnation and Call to Laodicea Revelation 3:14–22

¹⁴Verse 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: ¹⁵Verse 15. “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. ¹⁶Verse 16. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth. ¹⁷Verse 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; ¹⁸Verse 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.

¹⁹Verse 19. As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent. ²⁰Verse 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. ²¹Verse 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. ²²Verse 22. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.”