1   And write vnto the Angel of the Churche that is at Sardis, this sayth he that hath the seuen spirites of God, and the seuen starres. I knowe thy workes: thou hast a name that thou lyuest, and thou art dead.

2   Be awake, and strength the thynges which remayne, that are redie to dye: For I haue not founde thy workes perfect before God.

3   Remember therfore howe thou hast receaued and heard, and holde fast, and repent. ^noteIf thou shalt not watche, I wyll come on thee as a thiefe, and thou shalt not knowe what houre I wyll come vpon thee.

4   Thou hast a fewe names in Sardis, which haue not defiled their garm&ebar;tes, and they shall walke with me in white, for they are worthie.

5   He that ouercommeth, shalbe thus clothed in whyte aray, and I wyll not put out his name out of the booke of life, and I will confesse his name before my father, and before his Angels.

6   Let him that hath an eare, heare what the spirite sayth vnto the Churches. B   

7   And write vnto þe; Angel of the Church of Philadelphia, this sayth he that is holy and true, which hath the key of Dauid, ^note which openeth, and no man shutteth, and shutteth, and no man openeth.

8   I knowe thy workes: Beholde, I haue set before thee an open doore, and no man can shut it, for thou hast a litle strength, ∧ hast kept my sayinges: and hast not denyed my name.

9   Beholde, I make them of the synagogue of Satan, which call them selues Iewes and are not, but do lye: Behold, I wyll make them that they shal come and worshyp before thy feete, and shall knowe that I haue loued thee. C   

10   Because thou hast kept the wordes of my patience, therfore I wyll kepe thee from the houre of temptation, which wyll come vpon all the worlde, to trie them that dwel vpon the earth.

11   Beholde, I come shortly: Holde that which thou haste, that no man take away thy crowne.

12   Hym that ouerc&obar;meth, wyll I make a pyller in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: And I wyll write vpon him the name of my God, and the name of the citie of my God, newe Hierusalem, which commeth downe out of heauen from my God, and [I wyll write vpon hym] my newe name. D   

13   Let hym that hath an eare, heare what the spirite sayth vnto þe; Churches.

14   And vnto the Angel of the Churche which is in Laodicea, write: This saith Amen, the faythfull and true witnesse, the begynnyng of the creatures of God.

15   I knowe thy workes, that thou arte neither colde nor hotte: I woulde thou were colde or hotte.

16   So th&ebar;, because thou art luke warme, and neither colde nor hotte, I wyll spewe thee out of my mouth:

17   Because thou sayest, I am riche and increased with goodes, and haue neede of nothyng: ∧ knowest not howe that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poore, and blynde, and naked.

18   I counsel thee to bye of me gold tryed in the fyre, that thou mayest be riche, and whyte rayment, that thou mayest be ^note clothed, that thy fylthie nakednesse do not appeare, and annoynt thyne eyes with eye salue, that thou mayest see.

19    ^noteAs many as I loue, I rebuke and chasten: Be feruent therfore, ∧ repent.

20   Beholde, I stande at the doore and knocke: If any man heare my voyce, and open the doore, I wyll come in to hym, and wyll suppe with hym, and he with me.

21   To hym that ouercommeth, wyll I graunt to sitte with me in my throne, euen as I ouercame, and haue sitten with my father in his throne.

22   Let hym þt; hath an eare, heare what the spirite sayth vnto the Churches.

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