1   And write vnto the Angel of the Church which is at ^note Sardis, These things saith he that hath the seuen Spirits of God, and the seuen starres, I knowe thy workes: for thou hast a ^note name that thou liuest, but thou art dead.

2   Be awake, and strengthen the things which remaine, that are ^note readie to die: for I haue not found thy workes perfite before God.

3   Remember therefore, how thou hast receiued and heard, & hold fast & repent. ^noteIf therefore thou wilt not watch, I will come on thee as a thiefe, and thou shalt not know what houre I wil come vp&obar; thee.

4   Notwithstanding thou hast a few names yet in Sardis, which haue not defiled their garments: and they shal walke &wt; me in white: for they are ^note worthy.

5   He þt; ouercommeth, shalbe clothed in white araye, and I will not put out his name out of the ^note booke of life, but I will confesse his name before my Father, and before his Angels.

6   Let him that hath an eare, heare, what the Spirite saith vnto the Churches.

7   ¶2; And write vnto þe; Angel of þe; Church which is of Philadelphia, These things saith he þt; is Holy, and True, which hath þe; ^note keye of Dauid, which openeth and no man shutteth, & shutteth & 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 and hast kept my worde, and hast not denied my Name.

The foure beastes.

9   Behold, I will ^note make them of the Synagogue of Satan, which call themselues Iewes, and are not, but doe lye: beholde, I say, I will make them, that they shall come and worship before thy feete, and shall knowe that I haue loued thee.

10   Because thou hast ^note kept the woorde of my patience, therefore I wil deliuer thee from the houre of tentation, which will come vpon all the world, to trie them that dwell vpon the earth.

11   Beholde, I come shortly: holde that which thou hast, that no man take thy crowne.

12   Him that ouercommeth, will I make a pillar in the Temple of my God, and he shal goe no more out: and I will write vpon him the Name of my God, and the name of the citie of my God, which is the newe Hierusalem, which commeth downe out of heauen from my God, and I will write vpon him my newe Name.

13   Let him that hath an eare, heare what þe; Spirit saith vnto the Churches.

14   And vnto the Angell of the Church of the Laodiceans write, These things saieth ^note Amen, the faithfull and true witnesse, that ^note beginning of the creatures of God.

15   I knowe thy woorkes, that thou art neither colde nor hote: I woulde thou werest colde or hote.

16   Therefore, because thou art luke warme, and neither colde nor hote, it will come to passe, that I shall spewe thee out of my mouth.

17   For thou saiest, I am rich and increased with goods, and haue neede of nothing, and knowest not howe thou art wretched and miserable, and poore, and blinde, and naked.

18   I counsell thee to bye of me gold tried by the fire, that thou maiest bee made rich: and white raiment, that thou maiest be clothed, and that thy filthie nakednesse doe not appeare: and anoynt thine eyes with eye salue, that thou maiest see.

19   As many as I loue, ^note I rebuke and chasten: be ^note zealous therefore and amend.

20   Behold, I stand at the doore, & knocke. If any man heare my voice & open þe; doore, I wil come in vnto him, and will suppe with him, & he with me.

21   To him that ouercommeth, will I graunt to sit with me in my throne, euen as I ouercame, and sit with my Father in his throne.

22   Let him that hath an eare, heare what the Spirit saieth vnto the Churches.

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