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Unto the angel of the church of Ephesuswrite; These thingssaith he that holdeth the sevenstarsinhis right hand,whowalkethin the midst of the sevengoldencandlesticks;
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I knowthyworks,andthylabour,andthypatience,andhow thou canstnotbear them which are evil:and thou hast tried them which say they areapostles,andarenot,and hast foundthemliars:
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Remembertherefore from whence thou art fallen, andrepent, anddo the firstworks; or else I will come unto theequickly,and will removethycandlestick out ofhisplace,except thou repent.
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He that hath an ear, let him hearwhat the Spiritsaith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eatof the tree of life,whichisin the midst of the paradise of God.
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I knowthyworks,andtribulation,andpoverty,* (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them whichsaytheyareJews,andarenot,but are the synagogue of Satan.
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Fearnone of those things which thou shaltsuffer: behold, the devilshallcast some ofyouintoprison,that ye may be tried; and ye shall havetribulationtendays: be thoufaithfuluntodeath,and I will givethee a crown of life.
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I knowthyworks,andwhere thou dwellest, even whereSatan'sseat is: and thou holdest fastmyname,andhastnotdeniedmyfaith,evenin those dayswherein*Antipas was myfaithfulmartyr,who was slainamongyou,whereSatandwelleth.
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But I have a few thingsagainstthee,because thou hastthere them that hold the doctrine of Balaam,whotaught*Balac to cast a stumblingblockbefore the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols,and to commit fornication.
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He that hath an ear, let him hearwhat the Spiritsaith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eatof the hiddenmanna,and will givehim a whitestone,andin the stone a newnamewritten, which no manknowethsaving he that receiveth it.