TO THE CHURCH IN SARDIS

 

To the Angel of the Church in Sardis write:

These are the Words of Him

Who Holds the Seven Spirits of God

And the Seven Stars.

I Know your Deeds;

You have a Reputation of Being Alive,

BUT YOU ARE DEAD.

2 WAKE UP!

Strengthen what Remains and is About to Die,

FOR I HAVE FOUND YOUR DEEDS UNFINISHED

In the Sight of My God.

3 Remember, therefore,

What you have Received and Heard;

HOLD IT FAST, AND REPENT.

But if you Do Not Wake Up,

I WILL COME LIKE A THIEF,

And you will Not Know

At what Time I will Come to you.

4 Yet you have a Few People in Sardis

Who have not Soiled their Clothes.

They will Walk with Me,

DRESSED IN WHITE,

FOR THEY ARE WORTHY.

5 THE ONE WHO IS VICTORIOUS

Will like them,

BE DRESSED IN WHITE.

I will Never Blot Out the Name

Of that Person

FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE,

But will Acknowledge that Name

Before My Father and His Angels.

6 WHOEVER HAS EARS,

Let them Hear

What the Spirit Says to the Churches.

(Revelation 2: 1-6, NIV)