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and to the church of the first-born, who are enrolled in heaven and to God the judge of all; and to the spirits of the just, who are perfected;

And if one is sick, let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray for him, and anoint him with oil in the name of our Lord:

The elect church which is in Babylon, saluteth you; also Mark, my son.

who have borne testimony to thy charity before the whole church, to whom thou doest good, as is pleasing to God.

I was desirous of writing to the church; but he who loveth to be foremost among them, Diotrephes, receiveth us not.

10 Therefore, if he come, remember those his doings, that he treated us with malignant words; and this not sufficing him, he received not the brethren; and those who would receive [fn] , he prohibited, and even ejected them from the church.

12 Of Demetrius, there is good testimony from every one, and from the church, and from the truth itself: and we also bear [fn] testimony, and ye know that our testimony is true.

To the angel of the church which is at Ephesus write: These things saith he who holdeth all things, and the seven stars, in his right hand; he that walketh in the midst of the seven candlesticks of gold;

And to the angel of the church which is at Smyrna, write: These things saith the First and the Last, he who was dead, and liveth.

And to the angel of the church at Pergamos, write: Thus saith he who hath the sharp two-edged sword;

And to the angel of the church at Thyatira, write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet like fine brass:

And to the angel of the church which is at Sardis, write: These things saith he who hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead.

And to the angel of the church which is at Philadelphia, write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, who openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth;

And to the angel of the church which is at Laodicea, write: These things saith the Amen, the witness, the faithful, the true, the Chief of the creation of God: