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Revelation 2:13-20 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

13. “I know that you live where Satan’s throne is, and yet you hold fast to my name and have not denied your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was martyred among you, where Satan lives.

14. Yet I have a few things against you. You have some people there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the Israelites: to eat food sacrificed to idols and to play the harlot.

15. Likewise, you also have some people who hold to the teaching of [the] Nicolaitans.

16. Therefore, repent. Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and wage war against them with the sword of my mouth.

17. “‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the victor I shall give some of the hidden manna; I shall also give a white amulet upon which is inscribed a new name, which no one knows except the one who receives it.”’

18. “To the angel of the church in Thyatira, write this:“‘The Son of God, whose eyes are like a fiery flame and whose feet are like polished brass, says this:

19. “I know your works, your love, faith, service, and endurance, and that your last works are greater than the first.

20. Yet I hold this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, who teaches and misleads my servants to play the harlot and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

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