I tell you that the Devil is about to throw some of you into
prison that you may be put to the test, and for ten days you
will have to endure persecution. Be faithful to the End,
even if you have to die, and then I will give you the victor's
Wreath of Life.
002:011 "`Let all who have ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying
to the Churches. He who overcomes shall be in no way hurt
by the Second Death.'
002:012 "To the minister of the Church at Pergamum write as follows:
"`This is what He who has the sharp, two-edged sword says.
I know where you dwell.
002:013 Satan's throne is there; and yet you are true to Me, and did
not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of Antipas My
witness and faithful friend, who was put to death among you,
in the place where Satan dwells.
002:014 Yet I have a few things against you, because you have with you
some that cling to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak
to put a stumbling-block in the way of the descendants of Israel--
to eat what had been sacrificed to idols, and commit fornication.
002:015 So even you have some that cling in the same way to the teaching
of the Nicolaitans.
002:016 Repent, at once; or else I will come to you quickly, and will
make war upon them with the sword which is in My mouth.
002:017 "`Let all who have ears give heed to what the Spirit is saying
to the Churches. He who overcomes--to him I will give some
of the hidden Manna, and a white stone; and--written upon
the stone and known only to him who receives it--a new name.'
002:018 "To the minister of the Church at Thyateira write as follows:
"`This is what the Son of God says--He who has eyes like a flame
of fire, and feet resembling silver-bronze.