Now this is what he has promised you, eternal life.

I am writing to you in this way about those who would deceive you,

And everyone who rests this hope on him, purifies himself as he is pure.

he who commits sin belongs to the devil, for the devil is a sinner from the very beginning. (This is why the Son of God appeared, to destroy the deeds of the devil.)

For this is the message you have learned from the very beginning, that we are to love one another:

We know what love is by this, that He laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for the brotherhood.

But whoever possesses this world's goods, and notices his brother in need, and shuts his heart against him, how can love to God remain in him?

Now this is what he commands, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as he has commanded us to do;

he who obeys his commands remains within him ??and He remains within him. And this is how we may be sure he remains within us, by means of the Spirit he has given us.

You can recognize the Spirit of God by this: every spirit which confesses Jesus as the Christ incarnate comes from God,

and every spirit which does not confess Jesus [incarnate] does not come from God. This latter is the spirit of antichrist; you were told it was coming, and here it is already in the world.

we belong to God ??he who knows God listens to us, he who does not belong to God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

This is how the love of God has appeared for us, by God sending his only Son into the world, so that by him we might live.

Love lies in this, not in our love for him but in his love for us ??in the sending of his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

This is how we may be sure we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us a share in his own Spirit;

Love is complete with us when we have absolute confidence about the day of judgment, since in this world we are living as He lives.

And we get this command from him, that he who loves God is to love his brother as well.

This is how we are sure that we love God's children, by loving God and obeying his commands

The Spirit is the witness to this, for the Spirit is truth.

And the testimony is, that God gave us life eternal and this life is in his Son.

I have written in this way to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may be sure you have life eternal.

Now the confidence we have in him is this, that he listens to us whenever we ask anything in accordance with his will;

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to know Him who is the Real God; and we are in Him who is real, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the real God, this is life eternal.

I say this, because a number of impostors have emerged in the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; that marks the real 'impostor' and 'antichrist.'

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not admit him to the house ??do not even greet him,

Blessed is he who reads aloud, blessed they who hear the words of this prophecy and lay to heart what is written in it; for the time is near.

But I have this against you: you have given up loving one another as you did at first.

Still, you have this in your favour: you hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, and I hate them too.

Still I have this against you: you are tolerating that Jezebel of a woman who styles herself a prophetess and seduces my servants by teaching them to give way to sexual vice and to eat food which has been sacrificed to idols.

But for the rest of you at Thyatira, for all who do not hold these tenets, for those who have not (in their phrase) 'fathomed the deep mysteries of Satan' ??for you this is my word: I impose no fresh burden on you;

After this I looked, and there was a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice I had heard talking with me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must come to pass after this."

For this they are now before the throne of God, serving him day and night within his temple. and he who is seated on the throne shall overshadow them.

And this is how the horses and their riders looked in my vision: they wore coats of mail red as fire, dark-blue as jacinth and yellow as smoke; the horses' heads were like lions' heads, and from their mouths poured fire and smoke and brimstone.

Rejoice for this, O heavens and ye that dwell in them! But woe to earth and sea! The devil has descended to you in fierce anger, knowing that his time is short."

Let anyone who has an ear listen: ??10 Whoever is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes: whoever kills with the sword, by the sword must he be killed. This is what shows the patience and the faith of the saints.

and to this statue of the Beast he was allowed to impart the breath of life, so that the statue of the Beast should actually speak. He has everyone put to death who will not worship the statue of the Beast,

This is what shows the patience of the saints ??they who keep God's commands and the faith of Jesus.

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: ??'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth! Even so, it is the voice of the Spirit ??blessed in resting from their toils; for what they have done goes with them.'"

Then I heard the angel of the waters cry, "O holy One, who art and wast, just art thou in this thy sentence.

And all this splendour gone in one brief hour!' And all shipmasters and sea-faring folk, sailors and all whose business lies upon the sea, stood far off

Then I was told, "Write this: ??'Blessed are those who have been called to the marriage-banquet of the Lamb!'" The angel also told me, "These are genuine words of God."

As for the rest of the dead, they did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.

Then he who was seated on the throne said, "Lo, I make all things new." And he said, "Write this: 'these words are trustworthy and genuine.'"

The conqueror shall obtain this, and I will be his God, and he shall be my son;

Lo, I am coming very soon; blessed is he who lays to heart the words of the prophecy of this book!"

I John saw and heard all this; and when I heard and saw it, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who had shown me it all.

But he said to me, "No, not that! I am but a servant like yourself and your brothers the prophets, who lay to heart the words of this book. Worship God."

He said to me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near:

"I Jesus have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches; I am the Scion and offspring of David, the bright star of the morning.

[I adjure all who hear the words of the prophecy of this book: "If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book;

and if anyone removes any words written in this book, God will remove his share in the tree of Life and in the holy City described in this book."]

He who bears this testimony says, "Even so: I am coming very soon." Amen, Lord Jesus, come!