I know your[a] affliction and poverty, but you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.(A) 10 Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil(B) is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will experience affliction for ten days.(C) Be faithful to the point of death,(D) and I will give you the crown[b] of life.(E)

11 “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will never be harmed by the second death.(F)

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  1. 2:9 Other mss add works and
  2. 2:10 Or wreath

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