The LORD's command to the church in Smyrna:
Revelation 2:8-10
King James Version
8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write;
These things saith the first and the last,
which was dead, and is alive;
9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty,
(but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them
which say they are Jews, and are not,
but are the synagogue of Satan.
10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer:
behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison,
that ye may be tried;
and ye shall have tribulation ten days:
be thou faithful unto death,
and I will give thee a crown of life.
To those that overcome:
Revelation 2:11
King James Version
11 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
He that overcometh shall not be hurt
of the second death.
The next post is on the church in Pergamos.
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