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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Revelation 3 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/revelation/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/revelation/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Revelation 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../revelation/2.htm" title="Revelation 2">◄</a> Revelation 3 <a href="../revelation/4.htm" title="Revelation 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/revelation/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Message to the Church in Sardis</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="red">“Write this letter to the angel<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> of the church in Sardis. This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> of God and the seven stars:</span></p><p class="b"/><p class="pmo"><span class="red">“I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive—but you are dead.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="red">Wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is almost dead. I find that your actions do not meet the requirements of my God.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="red">Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.</span></p><p class="pm"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="red">“Yet there are some in the church in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes with evil. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="red">All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine.</span></p><p class="pm"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="red">“Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.</span></p><p class="hdg">The Message to the Church in Philadelphia</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="red">“Write this letter to the angel of the church in Philadelphia.</span></p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"><span class="red">This is the message from the one who is holy and true,</span></p><p class="line2"><span class="red">the one who has the key of David.</span></p><p class="line1"><span class="red">What he opens, no one can close;</span></p><p class="line2"><span class="red">and what he closes, no one can open:<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></span></p><p class="b"/><p class="pmo"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="red">“I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that no one can close. You have little strength, yet you obeyed my word and did not deny me.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="red">Look, I will force those who belong to Satan’s synagogue—those liars who say they are Jews but are not—to come and bow down at your feet. They will acknowledge that you are the ones I love.</span></p><p class="pm"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="red">“Because you have obeyed my command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="red">I am coming soon.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="red">All who are victorious will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. And I will write on them the name of my God, and they will be citizens in the city of my God—the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God. And I will also write on them my new name.</span></p><p class="pm"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="red">“Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.</span></p><p class="hdg">The Message to the Church in Laodicea</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="red">“Write this letter to the angel of the church in Laodicea. This is the message from the one who is the Amen—the faithful and true witness, the beginning<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> of God’s new creation:</span></p><p class="b"/><p class="pmo"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="red">“I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other!</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="red">But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth!</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="red">You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="red">So I advise you to buy gold from me—gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich. Also buy white garments from me so you will not be shamed by your nakedness, and ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.</span></p><p class="pm"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="red">“Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="red">Those who are victorious will sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat with my Father on his throne.</span></p><p class="pm"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="red">“Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.”</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:1a </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">the messenger;</span><span class="ft"> also in 3:7, 14.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:1b </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">the seven spirits.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:7 </span><span class="ft">Isa 22:22.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">suddenly</span><span class="ft">, or </span><span class="it">quickly.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">the ruler,</span><span class="ft"> or </span><span class="it">the source.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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