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"To the angel of the church in Ephesuswrite: The One who holds the sevenstars in His righthand, the One who walksamong* the sevengoldenlampstands, saysthis:
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'I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot*tolerateevilmen, and you put to the testthose who callthemselvesapostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false;
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'Thereforeremember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; orelse I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place-unless* you repent.
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'He who has an ear, let him hearwhat the Spiritsays to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of lifewhich is in the Paradise of God.'
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'I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich ), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
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'Do not fearwhat you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be tested, and you will havetribulation for tendays. Be faithfuluntildeath, and I will give you the crown of life.
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'I knowwhere you dwell, whereSatan'sthrone is; and you holdfast My name, and did not deny My faitheven in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithfulone, who was killedamong you, whereSatandwells.
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'But I have a fewthingsagainst you, because you havethere some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teachingBalak to put a stumblingblockbefore the sons of Israel, to eatthingssacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality.
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'He who has an ear, let him hearwhat the Spiritsays to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hiddenmanna, and I will give him a whitestone, and a newnamewritten on the stonewhichnooneknows but he who receives it.'
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'But I have this against you, that you tolerate the womanJezebel, who callsherself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servantsastray so that they commit acts of immorality and eatthingssacrificed to idols.
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'And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to eachone of you according to your deeds.
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'But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not holdthisteaching, who have not known the deepthings of Satan, as they call them-I placenootherburden on you.