24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest b ch. 2. 2. in Thyatira, as many e Ep. 2.1.5. as have not this doc- 1 Ti. 5. 6. trine, and which have the churches. not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; a I will put upon you none other burden. 25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. and 26 And he that Overcometh, keepeth my works unto the end, t to him will I give power over the nations: 27" And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. 28 And I will give him the morning star. 29 y He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. CHAP. III. 1 AND unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he a that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; b 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 Message to I have not found thy works perfect before God. REV. III. d A. D. 96. 1 Ti. 6, 20. 2 Ti. 1. 13. e ver. 19. f Ma. 24. 42. the churches. shutteth, t and no man openeth; 8 u I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee x an Mar. 13. 33. open door, and no La. 12. 39. man can shut it: for 1 Th. 5. 2. thou hast a little 2 Pe. 3. 10. strength, and hast Ac. 1. 15. kept my word, and hast not denied my 3d Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent®. f If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come g on thee as a thief, h Jude 23. and thou shalt not i ch. 4. 4. know what hour I will come upon thee. 4 Thou hast g a few names even in Sardis which have not h defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for the are worthy. k ch. 19. 8. 1 Ex. 32. 32. Ph. 4. 3. name. 9 Behold, I will make y them of the Synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to Lu. 12. 8. come o ch. 2. 7. and worship before thy feet, and p Ac. 3. 14. to know that I have q 1Juo. 5. 20. loved thee. r Is. 22, 22. Lu, 1. 32. Job 12. 14. 2 Co. 2. 12. 5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the t book m of life, but a Iu will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. ch. 2. 9. 6 He that hath z 1s. 49. 23. an ear, let him hear a 2 Pe. 2. 9. what the Spirit saith b Lu. 2. 1. unto the churches. c Is. 24. 17. 7 And to the angel d ch. 1. 3. of the church in Phila- Ph. 4. 5. delphia write; These e ch. 2. 25. things saith P he that f ch. 2. 10. is holy, he that is true, he that hath the 81 Ki.7.21. key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and Ga. 2. 9. h ch. 2. 17. & 14. 1. thou 10 Because hast kept the word of my patience, a 1 also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon ball 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 fthy crown. 12 Him that overcometh will I make as pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write REV. IV. i ch. 21. 2. 10. Message to upon him the name] of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is Gal. 4. 26. new i Jerusalem, which cometh down k ch. 22. 4. He. 12. 22. out of heaven from 1 ch. 2. 7. my God: k and It Or, in will write upon him Laodicea. my new name. 13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. m Is. 65. 16. n ver. 7. & 22. 6. Ho. 12. 8. 1 Co. 4. S. 14 And unto the o Col. 1. 15. angel of the church p ver. 1. off the Laodiceans a write; m These things saith the Amen, n the r faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15 P 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. s Is. 55. 1. & 25.9. ch. 7. 13. & 16. 15. & 19. 8. 2 Co. 5. 3. t Job 5. 17. Pr. 3. 11, 12. He. 12. 5, 6. Ja. 1. 12. u Ca. 5. 2. 27. Ma. 19. 28. x Lu. 12.37. 17 Because thou y Jno. 14. 23. sayest, I am rich, z ch. 2. 26, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and mise-a rable, and poor, and blind, and naked: the churches. thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the ness do not appear; shame of thy nakedand anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, 1 rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 Behold, al stand the door, and hear my voice, and knock: if any man open the door, y I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21 To him that overcometh z will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and at am set down with my Father in his throne. 22 a He that hath what the Spirit saith an ear, let him hear unto the churches. 1 CHAP. IV AFTER this I Lu. 22. 30. looked, and, behold, 1 Co. 6.2. a door was opened in 2 Ti. 2. 12. heaven: ch. 2. 7. and a the first voice which I ch. 1. 10. heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come b up hither, and I will shew 18 I counsel thee b ch. 11. 12. e ch. 1. 19. to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that 595 & 22. 6. 3 And he that sat f Ez. 1. 28. was to look upon like g ch. 11. 16. a jasper and a sardine h ch. 3.4, 5. f and there i ver. 10. stone : was a rainbow round k ch. 16. 18. about the throne, in 1 Ex. 37. 23. sight like emerald. unto an 2 Ch.4. 20. Ze. 4. 2. & 3. 1. Ex. 38. 8. 45 And round about the throne were four m ch. 1. 4. and twenty seats: and upon the seats In ch. 15. 2. saw four and twenty elders sitting, h cloth-o Ez. 1. 5. ed in white raiment; p ver. 8. and they had on q Nu. 2. 2. Ez. 1. 10 their heads crowns of r ls. 6. 2. gold. & 5. 14. ch. 5. 8. 5 And out of the s ver. 6. throne proceeded t Gr. they lightnings and thun-have no rest. derings and voices:t Is. 6. 3. and there were seven a ch. 1. 8. lamps of fire burning x ch. 1. 4. throne, before the y ch. 1. 18. which are m the seven Spirits of God. 6 And before the throne there was n a sea of glass like unto b ver. 4. crystal and in the c ch. 5. 12. midst of the throne, d ch. 10. 6. and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before pand behind. a ver. 9. throne of God. 7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 8 And the four beasts had each of r six wings them about him; and they full of eyes were within: and they not day and rest night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, u Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, y who liveth for ever and ever, 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and a worship him that liveth for ever and ever, b and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Thou art wor thy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: dfor thou hast created all things, and for thy Ac. 17.24. pleasure they are Ep. 3.9. Col. 1. 16. and were created. Ge. 1. 1. 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither m ch. 14. 2. to look thereon. & 15. 2. incense. 4 And I wept much, + Or, because no man was found worthy to open a Ps. 141. 2. and to read theo Ps. 40. 3. book, neither to look p ch. 4. 11. thereon. q ver. 6. 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not behold, the d Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, f and to loose the seven seals thereof. 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood g a t Ac. 20. 28. Ro. 3. 24. 1 Co. 7. 23. Ep. 1. 7. Col. 1.14. He. 9. 12. 1 Pe. 1. 18. 2 Pe. 2. 1. 1 Jno. 1. 7. Da. 4. 1. & 6. 25. ch. 20. 6. & 22. 5. Ex. 19. 6. 1 Pe. 2. 5. 9. u ch. 4. 4. 6. 8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of t odours, which the prayers of are saints. 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou P art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: 4 for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 10 t And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. 11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round " about the |