‘I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first.

If anyone is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints.

Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.