Revelation 3:1
To the Church in Sardis
3:1 “To the angel of the church in Sardis write the following:
“This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a reputation that you are alive, but in reality you are dead.
Revelation 4:5
4:5 From
the throne came out flashes of lightning and roaring
and crashes of thunder. Seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God,
were burning in front of the throne
Revelation 5:6
5:6 Then I saw standing in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb that appeared to have been killed. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
Zechariah 3:9
3:9 As for the stone
I have set before Joshua – on the one stone there are seven eyes.
I am about to engrave an inscription on it,’ says the
Lord who rules over all, ‘to the effect that I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
Zechariah 4:10
4:10 For who dares make light of small beginnings? These seven eyes
will joyfully look on the tin tablet
in Zerubbabel’s hand. (These are the eyes of the
Lord, which constantly range across the whole earth.)
Zechariah 6:5
6:5 The messenger replied, “These are the four spirits
of heaven that have been presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.
Zechariah 6:1
Vision Eight: The Chariots
6:1 Once more I looked, and this time I saw four chariots emerging from between two mountains of bronze.
Colossians 1:4-13
1:4 since
we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.
1:5 Your faith and love have arisen
from the hope laid up
for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel
1:6 that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel
is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing
among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
1:7 You learned the gospel
from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave
– a
faithful minister of Christ on our
behalf –
1:8 who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church
1:9 For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
1:10 so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
1:11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully
1:12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.
1:13 He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,