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Book of Revelation, Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 of Revelation—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ “To the angel of the church in 1Ephesus write:
    ¶ The One who holds 2the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks [a]3among the seven golden lampstands, says this:
  2. ¶ ‘4I know your deeds and your toil and [b]perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you 5put to the test those who call themselves 6apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false;
  3. and you have [c]perseverance and have endured 7for My name’s sake, and have not grown weary.
  4. But I have this against you, that you have 8left your first love.
  5. Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and 9repent and 10do the [d]deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your 11lampstand out of its place—unless you repent.
  6. Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the 12Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
  7. 13He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 14To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of 15the tree of life which is in the 16Paradise of God.’
  8. ¶ “And to the angel of the church in 17Smyrna write:
    18The first and the last, who [e]19was dead, and has come to life, says this:
  9. ¶ ‘I know your 20tribulation and your 21poverty (but you are 22rich), and the blasphemy by those who 23say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of 24Satan.
  10. Do 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 25tested, and you will have tribulation 26for ten days. [f]Be 27faithful until death, and I will give you 28the crown of life.
  11. 29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 30He who overcomes will not be hurt by the 31second death.’
  12. ¶ “And to the angel of the church in 32Pergamum write:
    ¶ The One who has 33the sharp two-edged sword says this:
  13. ¶ ‘I know where you dwell, where 34Satan’s throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny 35My faith even in the days of Antipas, My 36witness, My 37faithful one, who was killed among you, 38where Satan dwells.
  14. But 39I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the 40teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, 41to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality.
  15. So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the 42Nicolaitans.
  16. Therefore 43repent; or else 44I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with 45the sword of My mouth.
  17. 46He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 47To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden 48manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a 49new name written on the stone 50which no one knows but he who receives it.’
  18. ¶ “And to the angel of the church in 51Thyatira write:
    52The Son of God, 53who has [g]eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished bronze, says this:
  19. ¶ ‘54I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and [h]perseverance, and that your [i]deeds of late are greater than [j]at first.
  20. But 55I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman 56Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they 57commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.
  21. 58I gave her time to repent, and she 59does not want to repent of her immorality.
  22. Behold, I will throw her [k]on a bed of sickness, and those who 60commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of [l]her deeds.
  23. And I will kill her children with [m]pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who 61searches the [n]minds and hearts; and 62I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
  24. But I say to you, the rest who are in 63Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the 64deep things of Satan, as they call them—I 65place no other burden on you.
  25. Nevertheless 66what you have, hold fast 67until I come.
  26. 68He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds 69until the end, 70TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE [o]NATIONS;
  27. AND HE SHALL [p]71RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, 72AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father;
  28. and I will give him 73the morning star.
  29. 74He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit in the middle of
  2. ^ Or steadfastness
  3. ^ V 2, note 1
  4. ^ Lit first deeds
  5. ^ Lit became
  6. ^ Or Prove yourself faithful
  7. ^ Lit His eyes
  8. ^ Or steadfastness
  9. ^ Lit last deeds
  10. ^ Lit the first
  11. ^ Lit into
  12. ^ One early ms reads their
  13. ^ Lit death
  14. ^ Lit kidneys, i.e. inner man
  15. ^ Or Gentiles
  16. ^ Lit shepherd

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Re 1:11
  2. ^ Re 1:16
  3. ^ Re 1:12f
  4. ^ Re 2:19; 3:1, 8, 15
  5. ^ Jn 6:6; 1Jo 4:1
  6. ^ 2Co 11:13
  7. ^ Jn 15:21
  8. ^ Je 2:2; Mt 24:12
  9. ^ Re 2:16, 22; 3:3, 19
  10. ^ Heb 10:32; Re 2:2
  11. ^ Mt 5:14ff; Pp 2:15; Re 1:20
  12. ^ Re 2:15
  13. ^ Mt 11:15; Re 2:11, 17; 3:6, 13, 22; 13:9
  14. ^ Re 2:11, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21; 21:7
  15. ^ Ge 2:9; 3:22; Pr 3:18; 11:30; 13:12; 15:4; Re 22:2, 14
  16. ^ Eze 28:13; 31:8f; Lu 23:43
  17. ^ Re 1:11
  18. ^ Is 44:6; 48:12; Re 1:17; 22:13
  19. ^ Re 1:18
  20. ^ Re 1:9
  21. ^ 2Co 6:10; 8:9; Jm 2:5
  22. ^ 2Co 6:10; 8:9; Jm 2:5
  23. ^ Re 3:9
  24. ^ Mt 4:10; Re 2:13, 24
  25. ^ Re 3:10; 13:14ff
  26. ^ Da 1:12, 14
  27. ^ Re 2:13; 12:11; 17:14
  28. ^ 1Co 9:25; Re 3:11
  29. ^ Mt 11:15; Re 2:7, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22; 13:9
  30. ^ Re 2:7, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21; 21:7
  31. ^ Re 20:6, 14; 21:8
  32. ^ Re 1:11
  33. ^ Re 1:16; 2:16
  34. ^ Mt 4:10; Re 2:24
  35. ^ 1Ti 5:8; Re 14:12
  36. ^ Ac 22:20; Re 1:5; 11:3; 17:6
  37. ^ Re 2:10; 12:11; 17:14
  38. ^ Re 2:9
  39. ^ Re 2:20
  40. ^ Nu 31:16; 2Pe 2:15
  41. ^ Nu 25:1f; Ac 15:29; 1Co 10:20; Re 2:20
  42. ^ Re 2:6
  43. ^ Re 2:5
  44. ^ Re 22:7, 20
  45. ^ 2Th 2:8; Re 1:16
  46. ^ Re 2:7
  47. ^ Re 2:7
  48. ^ Ex 16:33; Jn 6:49f
  49. ^ Is 56:5; 62:2; 65:15
  50. ^ Re 14:3; 19:12
  51. ^ Re 1:11; 2:24
  52. ^ Mt 4:3
  53. ^ Re 1:14f
  54. ^ Re 2:2
  55. ^ Re 2:14
  56. ^ 1Ki 16:31; 21:25; 2Ki 9:7, 22, 30
  57. ^ Ac 15:29; 1Co 10:20; Re 2:14
  58. ^ Ro 2:4; 2Pe 3:9
  59. ^ Ro 2:5; Re 9:20f; 16:9, 11
  60. ^ Re 17:2; 18:9
  61. ^ Ps 7:9; 26:2; 139:1; Je 11:20; 17:10; Mt 16:27; Lu 16:15; Ac 1:24; Ro 8:27
  62. ^ Ps 62:12
  63. ^ Re 2:18
  64. ^ 1Co 2:10
  65. ^ Ac 15:28
  66. ^ Re 3:11
  67. ^ Jn 21:22
  68. ^ Re 2:7
  69. ^ Mt 10:22; Heb 3:6
  70. ^ Ps 2:8; Re 3:21; 20:4
  71. ^ Ps 2:9; Re 12:5; 19:15
  72. ^ Is 30:14; Je 19:11
  73. ^ 1Jo 3:2; Re 22:16
  74. ^ Re 2:7

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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