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Revelation 3:1-13

"And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of
him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars:

"I know your works; you have a name of being alive, but you are dead.
Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I
have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God.  Remember then
what you received and heard; obey it, and repent.  If you do not wake up,
I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come
to you. not know at what hour I will come to you.  Yet you have still a
few persons in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes; they will walk
with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.  If you conquer, you will
be clothed like them in white robes, and I will not blot your name out of
the book of life; I will confess your name before my Father and before his
angels.  Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to
the churches.

"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of the holy one, the true one,
who has the key of David,
who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens:
"I know your works.  Look, I have set before you an open door, which no
one is able to shut.  I know that you have but little power, and yet you
have kept my word and have not denied my name.  I will make those of the
synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but are lying I
will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn
that I have loved you.  Because you have kept my word of patient
endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the
whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.  I am coming soon; hold
fast to what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.  If you
conquer, I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God; you will never
go out of it.  I will write on you the name of my God, and the name of the
city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from my God out of
heaven, and my own new name.  Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the
Spirit is saying to the churches.