benwisdom

“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

“To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: “The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.

But I have this against you, that you left your first love.

You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.

“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands says these things:

the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies.

Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter;

and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,

He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.

His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.

And among the lampstands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.

I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands.

saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet

I John, your brother and partner with you in oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;

John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.

who testified to God’s word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

but I hope to see you soon, and we will speak face to face. Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.

but I hope to see you soon, and we will speak face to face. Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.

I had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to write to you with ink and pen;

Demetrius has the testimony of all, and of the truth itself; yes, we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.

Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.

Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not content with this, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the assembly.

I wrote to the assembly, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, doesn’t accept what we say.

We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

because for the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from the Gentiles.

They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a way worthy of God,

Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.

I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

For I rejoiced greatly, when brothers came and testified about your truth, even as you walk in truth.

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.

The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.

Having many things to write to you, I don’t want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and to speak face to face, that our joy may be made full.

for he who welcomes him participates in his evil works.

If anyone comes to you, and doesn’t bring this teaching, don’t receive him into your house, and don’t welcome him,

Whoever transgresses and doesn’t remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn’t have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.

Watch yourselves, that we don’t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don’t confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.

This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.

Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

for the truth’s sake, which remains in us, and it will be with us forever:

The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth;

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.

And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.

The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn’t believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God’s testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.

the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.

For there are three who testify:

This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

We love him, because he first loved us.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.

We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.

We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.