Daily Bread

These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.^{(B) 13} I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me,^(C) not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,^(D) who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.^(E)

¹⁴ Nevertheless, I have a few things against you:^(F) There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam,^(G) who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols^(H) and committed sexual immorality.^{(I) 15} Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.^{(J) 16} Repent^(K) therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.^(L)

¹⁷ Whoever has ears, let them hear^(M) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,^(N) I will give some of the hidden manna.^(O) I will also give that person a white stone with a new name^(P) written on it, known only to the one who receives it.^(Q)

These are the words of the Son of God,^(S) whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.^{(T) 19} I know your deeds,^(U) your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.

²⁰ Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel,^(V) who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.^{(W) 21} I have given her time^(X) to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.^{(Y) 22} So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery^(Z) with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. ²³ I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds,^(AA) and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.^(AB)

²⁴ Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you,^{(AC) 25} except to hold on to what you have^(AD) until I come.’^(AE)

²⁶ To the one who is victorious^(AF) and does my will to the end,^(AG) I will give authority over the nations^(AH)— ²⁷ that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter^(AI) and will dash them to pieces like pottery’^[a](AJ)—just as I have received authority from my Father. ²⁸ I will also give that one the morning star.^{(AK) 29} Whoever has ears, let them hear^(AL) what the Spirit says to the churches.