66:001:012 And I turned to see the voice that spake
with me. And being
turned,
I saw seven golden candlesticks;
66:001:013 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks
one like unto the
Son
of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and
girt
about
the paps with a golden girdle.
66:001:014 His head and his hairs were white like
wool, as white as snow;
and
his eyes were as a flame of fire;
66:001:015 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if
they burned in a
furnace;
and his voice as the sound of many waters.
66:001:016 And he had in his right hand seven stars:
and out of his mouth
went
a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was
as the
sun
shineth in his strength.
66:001:017 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet
as dead. And he laid
his
right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am
the
first
and the last:
66:001:018 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and,
behold, I am alive for
evermore,
Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
66:001:019 Write the things which thou hast seen,
and the things which
are,
and the things which shall be hereafter;
66:001:020 The mystery of the seven stars which thou
sawest in my right
hand,
and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars
are
the
angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks
which
thou sawest are the seven churches.
66:002:001 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus
write; These things
saith
he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand,
who
walketh
in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
66:002:002 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy
patience, and how
thou
canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast
tried
them
which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast
found
them
liars:
66:002:003 And hast borne, and hast patience, and
for my name’s sake hast
laboured,
and hast not fainted.
66:002:004 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee,
because thou hast
left
thy first love.
66:002:005 Remember therefore from whence thou art
fallen, and repent,
and
do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly,
and
will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except
thou
repent.
66:002:006 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the
deeds of the
Nicolaitanes,
which I also hate.
66:002:007 He that hath an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit saith unto
the
churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat
of the
tree
of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.