CHAPTER 3 :1 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 . :2 Be watchful , and strengthen the things which remain , that are ready to die : for I have not found thy works perfect before God . :3 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. :4 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 . :5 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 . :6 He that hath an ear , let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches . :7 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 ; :8 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 . :9 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 . ~~~~~~