19 I know your works—your love, faithfulness,[a] service, and endurance.(A) I know that your last works are greater than the first.

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  1. 2:19 Or faith

19 I know your deeds,(A) your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.

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The Letter to Sardis

“Write to the angel[a] of the church in Sardis: Thus says the one who has the seven spirits of God(A) and the seven stars:(B) I know your works; (C) you have a reputation[b] for being alive, but you are dead.(D)

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  1. 3:1 Or messenger, also in vv. 7,14
  2. 3:1 Or have a name

To the Church in Sardis

“To the angel[a] of the church in Sardis(A) write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits[b](B) of God and the seven stars.(C) I know your deeds;(D) you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.(E)

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  1. Revelation 3:1 Or messenger; also in verses 7 and 14
  2. Revelation 3:1 That is, the sevenfold Spirit

I know your works. Look, I have placed before you an open door that no one can close because you have but little power; yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.(A)

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I know your deeds.(A) See, I have placed before you an open door(B) that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.(C)

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15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were cold or hot.

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15 I know your deeds,(A) that you are neither cold nor hot.(B) I wish you were either one or the other!

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