Revelation 2:17-26

17 "If you have ears, then, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches! 1 "To those who win the victory I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give each of them a white stone on which is written a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.
18 "To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: "This is the message from the Son of God, whose eyes blaze like fire, whose feet shine like polished brass.
19 I know what you do. I know your love, your faithfulness, your service, and your patience. I know that you are doing more now than you did at first.
20 But this is what I have against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a messenger of God. By her teaching she misleads my servants into practicing sexual immorality and eating food that has been offered to idols. 2
21 I have given her time to repent of her sins, but she does not want to turn from her immorality.
22 And so I will throw her on a bed where she and those who committed adultery with her will suffer terribly. I will do this now unless they repent of the wicked things they did with her.
23 I will also kill her followers, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who knows everyone's thoughts and wishes. I will repay each of you according to what you have done. 3
24 "But the rest of you in Thyatira have not followed this evil teaching; you have not learned what the others call "the deep secrets of Satan.' I say to you that I will not put any other burden on you.
25 But until I come, you must hold firmly to what you have.
26 To those who win the victory, who continue to the end to do what I want, I will give the same authority that I received from my Father: I will give them authority over the nations, to rule them with an iron rod and to break them to pieces like clay pots. I will also give them the morning star. 4

Cross References 4

  • 1. 2.17 aExodus 16.14, 15; 16.33, 34;John 6.48-50; bIsaiah 62.2; 65.15.
  • 2. 2.20 1 Kings 16.31; 2 Kings 9.22, 30.
  • 3. 2.23 aPsalms 7.9;Jeremiah 17.10; bPsalms 62.12.
  • 4. 2.26, 27Psalms 2.8, 9 (LXX).
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.