TO THE CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA

 

7 To the Angel of the Church of Philadelphia write:

These are the Words of Him

Who is Holy and True

Who Holds the Key of David.

What He Opens No One Can Shut,

And what He Shuts No One Can Open.

8 I Know your Deeds.

See, I Have Placed Before You An Open Door

That No One Can Shut.

I Know that You have Little Strength,

Yet you Have Kept My Word

And Have Not Denied My Name.

9 I will Make Those

Who are of the Synagogue of Satan,

Who Claim to be Jews

Though they Are Not,

BUT LIARS--

I will Make them Come

And Fall Down at Your Feet

And Acknowledge that I have Loved You.

10 SINCE YOU HAVE KEPT MY COMMAND

TO ENDURE PATIENTLY,

I will Keep You From

THE HOUR OF TRIAL

THAT IS GOING TO COME

ON THE WHOLE WORLD

TO TEST THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH.

I AM COMING SOON.

HOLD ON TO WHAT YOU HAVE,

SO THAT NO ONE WILL TAKE YOUR CROWN.

12 The One Who is VICTORIOUS

I will Make a Pillar

In the Temple of My God.

NEVER AGAIN WILL THEY LEAVE IT.

I will Write On Them the Name of My God

And the Name of the City of My God,

THE NEW JERUSALEM,

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

What the Spirit Says to the Churches.

(Revelation 3:7-13, NIV)