Letter to the Seven Churches of Revelation – Comparison Chart



Letter to the Seven Churches of Revelation – Comparison Chart

|To the angel of the |1. Ephesus |2. Smyrna |3. Pergamum |4. Thyatira |5. Sardis |6. Philadelphia |7. Laodicia |

|church in _______ |2:1-7 |2:8-11 |2:12-17 |2:18-29 |3:1-6 |3:7-13 |3:14-22 |

|write: | | | | | | | |

|A. Portrayal |These are the words of |These are the words |These are the words of |These are the words of |These are the words |These are the words of |These are the words of|

|of Jesus |Him who holds the seven stars in His |of |Him who has the sharp, |the Son of God, whose eyes|of |Him who is holy and true, | |

| |right hand and walks among the seven |Him who is the First|double-edged sword. |are like blazing fire and |Him who holds the |who holds the key of David. |the Amen, the faithful|

| |golden lampstands: |and the Last, who | |whose feet are like |seven spirits of God |What He opens no one can |and true witness, the |

| | |died and came to | |burnished bronze. |and the seven stars. |shut, and what He shuts no |ruler of God’s |

| | |life again. | | | |one can open. |creation. |

|B. Praise |2 I know your deeds, your hard work and|9 I know your |13 I know where you |19 I know your deeds, your|1 . . . I know your |8 I know your deeds. See, I |15 I know your deeds, |

|for the Church |your perseverance. I know that you |afflictions and your|live—where Satan has |love and faith, your |deeds;… |have placed before you an |… |

| |cannot tolerate wicked men, that you |poverty—yet you are |his throne. Yet you |service and perseverance, | |open door that no one can | |

| |have tested those who claim to be |rich! I know the |remain true to My name.|and that you are now doing|4 Yet you have a few |shut. I know that you have | |

| |apostles but are not, and have found |slander of those who|You did not renounce |more than you did at |people in Sardis who |little strength, yet you | |

| |them false. 3 You have persevered and |say they are Jews |your faith in Me, even |first. |have not soiled their|have kept My word and have | |

| |have endured hardships for My name, and|and are not, but are|in the days of Antipas,| |clothes. They will |not denied My name. | |

| |have not grown weary. |a synagogue of |My faithful witness, |24 . . . (I will not |walk with Me, dressed| | |

| | |Satan. |who was put to death in|impose any other burden on|in white, for they |10 Since you have kept My | |

| |6 But you have this in your favor: You | |your city—where Satan |you): |are worthy. |command to endure patiently,| |

| |hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, | |lives. | | |. . . | |

| |which I also hate. | | | | | | |

| |1. Ephesus |2. Smyrna |3. Pergamum |4. Thyatira |5. Sardis |6. Philadelphia |7. Laodicia |

| |2:1-7 |2:8-11 |2:12-17 |2:18-29 |3:1-6 |3:7-13 |3:14-22 |

|C. Criticism |4 Yet I hold this | |14 Nevertheless, I have a few |20 Nevertheless, I have this |1 . . .; you have a | |15 …, that you are neither |

|of the Church |against you: You | |things against you: You have |against you: You tolerate that |reputation of being | |cold nor hot. . . . |

| |have forsaken your| |people there who hold to the |woman Jezebel, who calls |alive, but you are | | |

| |first love. | |teaching of Balaam, who taught |herself a prophetess. By her |dead. | |17 You say, ‘I am rich; I |

| | | |Balak to entice the Israelites to |teaching she misleads My | | |have acquired wealth and do|

| | | |sin by eating food sacrificed to |servants into sexual immorality| | |not need a thing.’ But you |

| | | |idols and by committing sexual |and the eating of food | | |do not realize that you are|

| | | |immorality. 15 Likewise you also |sacrificed to idols. 21 I have | | |wretched, pitiful, poor, |

| | | |have those who hold to the |given her time to repent of her| | |blind and naked. |

| | | |teaching of the Nicolaitans. |immorality, but she is | | | |

| | | | |unwilling. | | | |

|D. Exhortation: |5 Remember the |10 Do not be afraid of |16 Repent therefore! |24 Now I say to the rest of you|2 Wake up! |11 I am coming soon. |18 I counsel you to buy |

|1. Correction/ |height from which |what you are about to | |in Thyatira, to you who do not |Strengthen what |Hold on to what you |from Me gold refined in the|

|Encouragement |you have fallen! |suffer. I tell you, the| |hold to her teaching and have |remains and is about|have, so that no one |fire, so you can become |

| |Repent and do the |devil will put some of | |not learned Satan’s so-called |to die, for I have |will take your crown. |rich; and white clothes to |

| |things you did at |you in prison to test | |deep secrets (I will not impose|not found your deeds| |wear, so you can cover your|

| |first. |you, and you will | |any other burden on you): 25 |complete in the | |shameful nakedness; and |

| | |suffer persecution for | |Only hold on to what you have |sight of My God. 3 | |salve to put on your eyes, |

| | |ten days. Be faithful, | |until I come. |Remember, therefore,| |so you can see. |

| | |even to the point of | | |what you have | |19 Those whom I love I |

| | |death, | | |received and heard; | |rebuke and discipline. So |

| | | | | |obey it, and repent.| |be earnest, and repent. |

| |1. Ephesus |2. Smyrna |3. Pergamum |4. Thyatira |5. Sardis |6. Philadelphia |7. Laodicia |

| |2:1-7 |2:8-11 |2:12-17 |2:18-29 |3:1-6 |3:7-13 |3:14-22 |

|E. Exhortation: |5 . . . If you do |10 . . . and I |16 . . . Otherwise, I |22 So I will cast her on a bed of |3 . . . . But if you do|9 I will make those who are of the|15 . . . I wish you were |

|2. Penalty/ |not repent, I will|will give you the |will soon come to you |suffering, and I will make those |not wake up, I will |synagogue of Satan, who claim to |either one or the other! 16 |

|Reward |come to you and |crown of life. |and will fight against |who commit adultery with her |come like a thief, and |be Jews though they are not, but |So, because you are |

| |remove your | |them (False teachers) |suffer intensely, unless they |you will not know at |are liars—I will make them come |lukewarm—neither hot nor |

| |lampstand from its| |with the sword of My |repent of her ways. 23 I will |what time I will come |and fall down at your feet and |cold—I am about to spit you |

| |place. | |mouth. |strike her children dead. Then all|to you. |acknowledge that I have loved you.|out of My mouth. |

| | | | |the churches will know that I am | | | |

| | | | |He who searches hearts and minds, | |10, . . . I will also keep you |20 Here I am! I stand at the |

| | | | |and I will repay each of you | |from the hour of trial that is |door and knock. If anyone |

| | | | |according to your deeds. | |going to come upon the whole world|hears My voice and opens the |

| | | | | | |to test those who live on the |door, I will come in and eat |

| | | | | | |earth. |with him, and he with Me. |

|F. Promises |To him who |He who overcomes |To him who overcomes, |To him who overcomes |He who overcomes |Him who overcomes |To him who overcomes, |

|to Overcomers |overcomes, |2:11 . . . will |2:17 . . . I will give |2:26 . . . I will give authority |3:5 . . . will, like |3:12 . . . I will make a pillar in|3:21 . . . I will give the |

| |2:7 . . . I will |not be hurt at all|some of the hidden |over the nations— |them, be dressed in |the temple of My God. Never again |right to sit with Me on My |

| |give the right to |by the second |manna. I will also give|27 ‘He will rule them with an iron|white. I will never |will he leave it. I will write on |throne, just as I overcame and|

| |eat from the tree |death. |him a white stone with |scepter; he will dash them to |blot out his name from |him the name of My God and the |sat down with My Father on His|

| |of life, which is |(10 . . . and I |a new name written on |pieces like pottery’— |the book of life, but |name of the city of My God, the |throne. |

| |in the paradise of|will give you the |it, known only to him |just as I have received authority |will acknowledge his |new Jerusalem, which is coming | |

| |God. |crown of life.) |who receives it. |from My Father. 28 I will also |name before My Father |down out of heaven from My God; | |

| | | | |give him the morning star. |and His angels. |and I will also write on him My | |

| | | | | | |new name. | |

|G. General Admonition |“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” [NIV84] |

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