Because you say, &#8220;I am rich and have acquired great wealth,<n id="1" /> and need nothing,&#8221; but<n id="2" /> do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful,<n id="3" /> poor, blind, and naked,

<p class="poetry">Who will not fear you, O Lord,p> <p class="poetry">and glorify<n id="1" /> your name, because you alone are holy?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">All nations<n id="3" /> will come and worship before youp> <p class="poetry">for your righteous acts<n id="4" /> have been revealed.&#8221;p>

But I have this against you: You have departed<n id="1" /> from your first love!

<p class="poetry">Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them!p> <p class="poetry">But<n id="1" /> woe to the earth and the seap> <p class="poetry">because the devil has come down to you!p> <p class="poetry">He<n id="2" /> is filled with terrible anger,p> <p class="poetry">for he knows that he only has a little time!&#8221;p>

As much as<n id="1" /> she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury,<n id="2" /> to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself,<n id="3" /> &#8216;I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!&#8217;

<p class="poetry">because his judgments are true and just.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For he has judged<n id="2" /> the great prostitutep> <p class="poetry">who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality,p> <p class="poetry">and has avenged the blood of his servants<n id="3" /> poured out by her own hands!&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

But you do have this going for you:<n id="1" /> You hate what the Nicolaitans<n id="2" /> practice<n id="3" /> &#8211; practices I also hate.

&#8216;I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot.<n id="1" /> I wish you were either cold or hot!

So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going<n id="1" /> to vomit<n id="2" /> you out of my mouth!

So<n id="1" /> I began weeping bitterly<n id="2" /> because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.

because the great day of their<n id="1" /> wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets,p> <p class="poetry">so<n id="1" /> you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

because her sins have piled<n id="1" /> up all the way to heaven<n id="2" /> and God has remembered<n id="3" /> her crimes.<n id="4" />

But you have a few individuals<n id="1" /> in Sardis who have not stained<n id="2" /> their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed<n id="3" /> in white, because they are worthy.

<p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> when the dragon realized<n id="2" /> that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

Now<n id="1" /> I heard the angel of the waters saying:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;You are just<n id="2" /> &#8211; the one who is and who was,p> <p class="poetry">the Holy One &#8211; because you have passed these judgments,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo<n id="2" /> any longer &#8211;

<p class="poetry">(Rejoice over her, O heaven,p> <p class="poetry">and you saints and apostles and prophets,p> <p class="poetry">for God has pronounced judgment<n id="1" /> against her on your behalf!)<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let us rejoice<n id="1" /> and exultp> <p class="poetry">and give him glory,p> <p class="poetry">because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come,p> <p class="poetry">and his bride has made herself ready.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;To<n id="1" /> the angel of the church in Sardis write the following:<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is the solemn pronouncement of<n id="3" /> the one who holds<n id="4" /> the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: &#8216;I know your deeds, that you have a reputation<n id="5" /> that you are alive, but<n id="6" /> in reality<n id="7" /> you are dead.