3. and thou didst bear, and hast endurance, and because of my name hast toiled, and hast not been weary.
4. `But I have against thee: That thy first love thou didst leave!
5. remember, then, whence thou hast fallen, and reform, and the first works do; and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will remove thy lamp-stand from its place--if thou mayest not reform;
6. but this thou hast, that thou dost hate the works of the Nicolaitans, that I also hate.
7. He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming--I will give to him to eat of the tree of life that is in the midst of the paradise of God.
8. `And to the messenger of the assembly of the Smyrneans write: These things saith the First and the Last, who did become dead and did live;
9. I have known thy works, and tribulation, and poverty--yet thou art rich--and the evil-speaking of those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but [are] a synagogue of the Adversary.
10. `Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.
11. He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: He who is overcoming may not be injured of the second death.
12. `And to the messenger of the assembly in Pergamos write: These things saith he who is having the sharp two-edged sword:
13. I have known thy works, and where thou dost dwell--where the throne of the Adversary [is] --and thou dost hold fast my name, and thou didst not deny my faith, even in the days in which Antipas [was] my faithful witness, who was put to death beside you, where the Adversary doth dwell.
14. `But I have against thee a few things: That thou hast there those holding the teaching of Balaam, who did teach Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol-sacrifices, and to commit whoredom;
15. so hast thou, even thou, those holding the teaching of the Nicolaitans--which thing I hate.
16. `Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
17. He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming, I will give to him to eat from the hidden manna, and will give to him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, that no one knew except him who is receiving [it].