And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and, behold, a candlestick all of gold, with its bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;
the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks are seven churches.}\par
and in the midst of the candlesticks one like unto a son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about at the breasts with a golden girdle.
{\cf6 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:\par\tab These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks:
After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, {\i a voice} as of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, {\cf6 Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass hereafter.}