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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 2 Legacy Standard Bible</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/2.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/2-1.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="../">LSB</a> > Revelation 2</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../revelation/1.htm" title="Revelation 1">◄</a> Revelation 2 <a href="../revelation/3.htm" title="Revelation 3">►</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">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/revelation/2.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">To the Church in Ephesus</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="red">“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:</span> <p class="reg"> <span class="red">This is what the One who holds the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>among the seven golden lampstands, says:</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="red">‘I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot bear with those who are evil, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them <i>to be</i> false;</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="red">and you have perseverance and have <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>endured for My name’s sake, you also have not grown weary.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="red">But I have <i>this</i> against you, that you have left your first love.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="red">Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>deeds you did at first. But if not, I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="red">Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="red">He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.’</span> <p class="hdg">To the Church in Smyrna</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="red">“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write:</span> <p class="reg"> <span class="red">This is what THE FIRST AND THE LAST, who <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>was dead, and has come to life, says:</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="red">‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="red">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 tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="red">He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will never be hurt by the second death.’</span> <p class="hdg">To the Church in Pergamum</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="red">“And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write:</span> <p class="reg"> <span class="red">This is what the One who has the sharp two-edged sword says:</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="red">‘I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="red">But I have a few things against you, that you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="red">So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="red">Therefore repent. But if not, I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="red">He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give <i>some</i> of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’</span> <p class="hdg">To the Church in Thyatira</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="red">“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write:</span> <p class="reg"> <span class="red">This is what the Son of God, the One who has <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>eyes like a flame of fire and His feet are like burnished bronze, says:</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your last deeds are greater than <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>at first.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="red">But I have <i>this</i> against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and deceives My slaves so that they commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="red">And I gave her time to repent, and she does not wish to repent of her sexual immorality.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="red">Behold, I will throw her <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>on a bed <i>of sickness</i>, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>her deeds.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="red">And I will kill her children with <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="red">But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not have this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they call them—I place no other burden on you.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="red">Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="red">And he who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>NATIONS;</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="red">AND HE SHALL <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received <i>authority</i> from My Father;</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="red">and I will give him the morning star.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/2-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="red">He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’</span><A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>in the middle of</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>bear up</i>, cf. 2:2<br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>first deeds</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>became</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>Prove yourself faithful</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>His eyes</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>the first</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Lit <i>into</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> One early ms <i>their</i><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> Lit <i>death</i><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> Inner man; lit <i>kidneys</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> Or <i>Gentiles</i><br><span class="fnverse">27</span> Lit <i>shepherd</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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