Omega, the first and the last; and what thou seest write in a book,
and send to the churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna,
and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia,
and to Laodicea. (12)And I turned to see what voice spake to me. And
when I turned round I saw seven lamps of gold; (13)and in the midst of
the seven lamps one like unto a son of man, clothed to the very feet,
and girded about the breasts with a golden zone; (14)his head and
flowing locks white as a white fleece of wool, even as the snow; and
his eyes as a flame of fire; (15)and his feet resembled molten brass,
as though they glowed in the furnace; and his voice was as the roar of
many waters. (16)And he held in his right hand seven stars; and out of
his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword; and his countenance was as
when the sun shineth in his meridian lustre. (17)And when I beheld him,
I fell at his feet as dead: and he laid his right hand upon me, saying
to me, Fear not; I am the first and the last, (18)and I am the living
one, though I was dead and lo! I am alive for evermore, Amen; and I
hold the keys of hell and of death. (19)Write the things which thou
seest, and the things which are, and the things which shall be in
future after these, (20)the mystery of the seven stars which thou seest
in my right hand, and the seven golden lamps. The seven stars are the
angels of the seven churches, and the seven lamps which thou seest are
the seven churches.

CHAP. II.

TO the angel of the Ephesian church write; These things saith he who
grasps the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh round in the
midst of the seven golden lamps; (2)I know thy works, and thy travail,
and thy patience, and that thou canst not bear the wicked; and hast
tried those who give themselves out as apostles, yet are not, and hast
found them liars; (3)and hast borne, and hast exercised patience, and
for my name sake hast endured great toil, and hast not fainted. (4)Yet
have I a charge against thee, that thou art gone back from thy first
love. (5)Remember then from whence thou hast fallen, and repent, and
practise thy first works; but if not, I am coming to thee quickly, and
I will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou repent. (6)But
this thou holdest, that thou abhorrest the deeds of the Nicolatans,
which I also abhor. (7)He that hath ears, let him hear what the Spirit
saith to the churches, To him that overcometh will I give to