“Write
this letter to the angel of the church in Thyatira. This is the message
from the Son of God, whose eyes are like flames of fire, whose feet are
like polished bronze:
“I
know all the things you do. I have seen your love, your faith, your
service, and your patient endurance. And I can see your constant
improvement in all these things.
“But
I have this complaint against you. You are permitting that woman—that
Jezebel who calls herself a prophet—to lead my servants astray. She
teaches them to commit sexual sin and to eat food offered to idols. I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to turn away from her immorality.
“Therefore, I will throw her on a bed of suffering, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer greatly unless they repent and turn away from her evil deeds. I
will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I
am the one who searches out the thoughts and intentions of every person.
And I will give to each of you whatever you deserve.
“But
I also have a message for the rest of you in Thyatira who have not
followed this false teaching (‘deeper truths,’ as they call them—depths
of Satan, actually). I will ask nothing more of you except that you hold tightly to what you have until I come. To all who are victorious, who obey me to the very end,
To them I will give authority over all the nations.
They will rule the nations with an iron rod
and smash them like clay pots.
They will have the same authority I received from my Father, and I will also give them the morning star!
“Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.
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