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And to the beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and the church which is in thy house:

in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

and to an innumerable company, To the general assembly of angels, and to the church of the first born, who are inrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil in the name of the Lord:

The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you, and Mark my son.

Who have testified of thy love before the church; whom if thou send forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well.

I wrote to the church; but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not.

Wherefore if I come I will remember his wicked deeds which he doth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.

To the angel of the church at Ephesus write, These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right-hand, that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks.

And to the angel of the church of Smyrna write, These things saith the First and the Last, who was dead and is alive.

And to the angel of the church at Pergamos write, These things 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 eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet like fine brass.

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

And to the angel of the church of Philadelphia write, These things saith the Holy, the True One, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and none shutteth, and shutteth and none openeth.

And to the angel of the church at Laodicea write, These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God.