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'But you have a few people in Sardis who have kept their clothes clean. They will walk with me, dressed in white, because they are worthy.
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Those who overcome will also be dressed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life. I will speak of them by name to my Father and his angels.
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'Those who have ears should listen to what the Holy Spirit says to the churches.'
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"Here is what I command you to write to the church in Philadelphia. Here are the words of the One who is holy and true. He holds the key of David. No one can shut what he opens. And no one can open what he shuts. He says,
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'I know what you are doing. Look! I have put an open door in front of you. No one can shut it. I know that you don't have much strength. But you have obeyed my word. You have not said no to me.