"To the angel of
the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and
true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no-one can shut, and what he
shuts no-one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open
door that no-one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have
kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those who are of the
synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars-- I
will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved
you. Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you
from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those
who live on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that
no-one will take your crown. Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the
temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of
my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming
down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name. He who
has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."
(Rev 3:7-13)
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