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Fo Da Church Peopo Sardis Side

Den da One I wen see tell me, “Da angel messenja guy I wen send fo help da peopo who come togedda fo church Sardis side, write one letta to him, an say dis: ‘Da One dat stay in charge a da seven spirits dat come from God, an hold da seven stars too, dis wat he tell:

“Eh, I know everyting wat you guys doing! I know dat everybody tell dat you guys stay alive fo real kine! But dass bulai, cuz I know dat you guys stay mahke inside. So, wake up an no go back sleep now! An make strong wat you guys get still yet, cuz litto mo goin mahke. I see dat you guys neva do stuff all da way, da way my God like. So den, rememba how you guys wen take da stuff I wen teach you guys, an you guys wen go all out fo do um. So, stay doing lidat. Come sorry fo da bad kine stuff you guys stay doing now, an no do um no moa. If you guys no wake up, I goin come quick, jalike one steala guy, an you guys no goin know da time I goin show up. But get some peopo ova dea by you guys Sardis side dat stay do wass right an not pilau. Dey da guys dat goin walk wit me an wear clean white kine clotheses, cuz dey get da right fo do dat.

    “Everybody dat fight an win ova da bad kine stuff,
        Dey goin wear clean white kine clotheses lidat.
    I no goin wipe out dea name eva
        From da Book Dat Tell Who Get Godʼs Kine Life fo real!
    I know dea names,
        An I goin tell my Fadda an his angel guys
        Dat dose guys stay my guys.

“If you guys can hear dis, you betta listen an go do wat Godʼs Spirit stay telling da church peopo.” ’ ”

Fo Da Church Peopo Philadelphia Side

Den da One I wen see tell me, “Da angel messenja guy I wen send fo help da peopo who come togedda fo church Philadelphia side, write one letta to him, an say dis: ‘Da One who stay living ony fo God, you can trus him everytime fo tell da trut. He da One dat get da right fo be da King jalike King David. Dass jalike he get King Davidʼs key. Wen he take da key an open da door, no mo nobody can close um. Wen he take da key an close da door, no mo nobody can open um. Dis wat he tell: “I know everyting wat you guys doing. Look! Jalike I wen open one door in front you guys, an no mo nobody can close um. I wen do dat cuz you guys get ony litto bit power still yet, an you guys wen do wat I wen say, an you guys no tell dat you donno who me. Get peopo dat come togedda inside one church, an say dey Godʼs peopo. But dey da Devilʼs peopo fo real. Dey ony bulai. I goin make dem come an go down in front you guys feet. An dey goin find out dat I get love an aloha fo you guys. 10 You guys wen do wat I wen say, an wen hang in dea an no give up. Az why I goin take care you guys wen da big presha come, da kine presha dass goin come on top da whole world, fo check out everybody dat stay down hea. 11 Eh, I coming back pretty soon! Hang in dea, so dat nobody can take away wat you wen win.

12 “Whoeva fight an win,
    I goin make dem strong
    Jalike da main post inside da temple fo my God.
Dey no goin eva leave da temple again!
I goin write my Godʼs name on top dem,
    An da name fo Godʼs big town, da new Jerusalem.
Dat place goin come down from da sky wea God stay.
An I goin write my new name on top dem.

13 “If you guys can hear dis, you betta listen an go do wat Godʼs Spirit stay telling da church peopo.” ’ ”

Fo Da Church Peopo Laodicea Side

14 Den da One I wen see tell me, “Da angel messenja guy I wen send fo help da peopo who come togedda fo church Laodicea side, write one letta to him, an say dis: ‘Da One dat stay true, who tell everyting jalike wen happen so you can trus wat he say, who wen start everyting dat God wen make inside da world, dis wat he say:

15 “I know everyting wat you guys stay doing. You guys not agains God, but same time, you guys not all out fo God! I like mo betta if you guys was all out fo God, o agains him. 16 But you guys stay in da middle. You no care. So I goin bahf you guys outa my mout! 17 You guys tink, ‘Me, I stay rich. I get plenny, an no need notting!’ Auwe! You guys donno still yet dat you all jam up! You guys no mo face, no mo money, no mo clotheses, an no can see!

18 “Now I goin tell you guys wat I like you guys fo do. Fo come rich inside, come by me an get da stuff you guys need. Dass jalike you guys goin buy da bestes kine gold, da kine dat dey put inside da fire fo take out da junk kine stuff. An den you guys come by me an buy white clotheses fo put on, fo take away da shame, cuz jalike you guys no mo clotheses! An den you guys come by me an buy da kine medicine fo put on top yoa eyes so you guys can see fo real kine! 19 Everybody I get love an aloha fo, I tell um wen dey mess up, an I help um fo do da right ting. So, come on, go all out, come sorry, an no do da bad kine stuff no moa. 20 Listen! I stay ova hea, standing outside da door an knocking. Anybody hear my voice, an open da door, I goin go inside his place, an eat wit him, an he goin eat wit me.

21 “Whoeva fight an win,
I goin give dem da right
    fo sit by me wea I stay on top my throne.
Jalike me, I wen win,
an now I stay sit down by my Fadda
    wea he stay on top his throne.

22 “If you can hear dis, you betta listen an go do wat Godʼs Spirit stay telling da church peopo fo do.” ’ ”

To the Church in Sardis

“To the angel[a] of the church in Sardis(A) write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits[b](B) of God and the seven stars.(C) I know your deeds;(D) you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.(E) Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.(F) But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief,(G) and you will not know at what time(H) I will come to you.

Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes.(I) They will walk with me, dressed in white,(J) for they are worthy. The one who is victorious(K) will, like them, be dressed in white.(L) I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life,(M) but will acknowledge that name before my Father(N) and his angels. Whoever has ears, let them hear(O) what the Spirit says to the churches.

To the Church in Philadelphia

“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia(P) write:

These are the words of him who is holy(Q) and true,(R) who holds the key of David.(S) What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds.(T) See, I have placed before you an open door(U) that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.(V) I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan,(W) who claim to be Jews though they are not,(X) but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet(Y) and acknowledge that I have loved you.(Z) 10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you(AA) from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world(AB) to test(AC) the inhabitants of the earth.(AD)

11 I am coming soon.(AE) Hold on to what you have,(AF) so that no one will take your crown.(AG) 12 The one who is victorious(AH) I will make a pillar(AI) in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God(AJ) and the name of the city of my God,(AK) the new Jerusalem,(AL) which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name. 13 Whoever has ears, let them hear(AM) what the Spirit says to the churches.

To the Church in Laodicea

14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea(AN) write:

These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness,(AO) the ruler of God’s creation.(AP) 15 I know your deeds,(AQ) that you are neither cold nor hot.(AR) I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’(AS) But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.(AT) 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire,(AU) so you can become rich; and white clothes(AV) to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness;(AW) and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(AX) So be earnest and repent.(AY) 20 Here I am! I stand at the door(AZ) and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,(BA) I will come in(BB) and eat with that person, and they with me.

21 To the one who is victorious,(BC) I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,(BD) just as I was victorious(BE) and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 Whoever has ears, let them hear(BF) what the Spirit says to the churches.”

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 3:1 Or messenger; also in verses 7 and 14
  2. Revelation 3:1 That is, the sevenfold Spirit

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.

Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.