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THE CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA.

are worthy. He that shall overcome, shall thus be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his Angels. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

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AND to the angel of the church of Philadelphia write: These things saith the holy one and the true he that hath the key of David; he that openeth, and no man shutteth; shutteth, and no man openeth: I know thy works. Behold, I have given before thee a door opened, which no man can shut: because thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Behold, I will bring of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie. Behold, I will make them to come and adore before thy feet. And they shall know that I have loved thee. Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will also keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon the whole world to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly; hold fast that which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. He that shall overcome, will make him a pillar in the temple of my God;

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THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA.

and he shall go out no more; and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and my new name. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

AND to the angel of the church of Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen,87 the faithful and true witness, who is the beginning of the creation of God: I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot. I would thou wert cold or hot. But because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest: I am rich and made wealthy, and have need of nothing: and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. I counsel thee to buy of me gold fire-tried, that thou mayest be made rich, and mayest be clothed in white garments, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear; and anoint thy eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see. Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous, therefore, and do penance. Behold, I stand at the gate, and knock. If any man shall hear my voice, and open to me the door, I

BLESSEDNESS OF THOSE WHO DIE IN THE LORD-JESUS WILL COME AS A THIEF-THE RENEWAL OF ALL THINGS.

will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that shall overcome, I will give to sit with me in my throne: as I also have overcome, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

WRITE, blessed are the dead who die in the Lord; from henceforth, now, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; for their works follow them.

BEHOLD, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

BEHOLD the tabernacle of God with men, and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people; and God himself with them shall be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and death shall be no more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away.... Behold, I make all things new.

WRITE; for these words are most faithful and true. . . . It is done. I am alpha and omega; the

JESUS THE BEGINNING AND THE END-HE WILL RENDER TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS.

beginning and the end. To him that thirsteth I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that shall overcome shall possess these things, and I will be his God; and he shall be my son. But the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, they shall have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

BEHOLD I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.... He that hurteth, let him hurt still: 88 and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is just, let him be justified still: and he that is holy, let him be sanctified still. Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to every man according to his works. I am alpha and omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Blessed are they that wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb; that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city. Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and unchaste, and murderers, and servers of idols, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie. I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you these things

WE SHOULD LONG FOR HIS COMING AGAIN.

in the churches. I am the root and stock of David, the bright and morning star. And the spirit and the bride say: Come. And he that heareth, let him say Come. And he that thirsteth, let him come: and he that will, let him take the water of life, freely. Surely I come quickly: amen.

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