Revelation 3:1

New Century Version

“Write this to the angel of the church in Sardis: “The One who has the seven spirits and the seven stars says this: I know what you do. People say that you are alive, but really you are dead.

Cross References

Luke 15:24

My son was dead, but now he is alive again! He was lost, but now he is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

Luke 15:32

We had to celebrate and be happy because your brother was dead, but now he is alive. He was lost, but now he is found.’ ”

John 1:16

Because he was full of grace and truth, from him we all received one gift after another.

John 20:22

After he said this, he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

John 3:34

The One whom God sent speaks the words of God, because God gives him the Spirit fully.

Acts 2:33

Jesus was lifted up to heaven and is now at God’s right side. The Father has given the Holy Spirit to Jesus as he promised. So Jesus has poured out that Spirit, and this is what you now see and hear.

Ephesians 2:1

In the past you were spiritually dead because of your sins and the things you did against God.

Ephesians 2:5

Though we were spiritually dead because of the things we did against God, he gave us new life with Christ. You have been saved by God’s grace.

Colossians 2:13

When you were spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were not free from the power of your sinful self, God made you alive with Christ, and he forgave all our sins.

1 Timothy 5:6

But the widow who uses her life to please herself is really dead while she is alive.

James 2:26

Just as a person’s body that does not have a spirit is dead, so faith that does nothing is dead!

1 Peter 1:11

The Spirit of Christ was in the prophets, telling in advance about the sufferings of Christ and about the glory that would follow those sufferings. The prophets tried to learn about what the Spirit was showing them, when those things would happen, and what the world would be like at that time.

Jude 1:12

They are like dirty spots in your special Christian meals you share. They eat with you and have no fear, caring only for themselves. They are clouds without rain, which the wind blows around. They are autumn trees without fruit that are pulled out of the ground. So they are twice dead.

Revelation 1:11

The voice said, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

Revelation 1:16

He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword came out of his mouth. He looked like the sun shining at its brightest time.

Revelation 1:20

Here is the secret of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands: The seven lampstands are the seven churches, and the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches.

Revelation 1:4

From John. To the seven churches in Asia: Grace and peace to you from the One who is and was and is coming, and from the seven spirits before his throne,

Revelation 2:13

I know where you live. It is where Satan has his throne. But you are true to me. You did not refuse to tell about your faith in me even during the time of Antipas, my faithful witness who was killed in your city, where Satan lives.

Revelation 2:19

I know what you do. I know about your love, your faith, your service, and your patience. I know that you are doing more now than you did at first.

Revelation 2:2

I know what you do, how you work hard and never give up. I know you do not put up with the false teachings of evil people. You have tested those who say they are apostles but really are not, and you found they are liars.

Revelation 2:9

I know your troubles and that you are poor, but really you are rich! I know the bad things some people say about you. They say they are Jews, but they are not true Jews. They are a synagogue that belongs to Satan.

Revelation 3:15

I know what you do, that you are not hot or cold. I wish that you were hot or cold!

Revelation 3:2

Wake up! Strengthen what you have left before it dies completely. I have found that what you are doing is less than what my God wants.

Revelation 3:8

I know what you do. I have put an open door before you, which no one can close. I know you have little strength, but you have obeyed my teaching and were not afraid to speak my name.

Revelation 4:5

Lightning flashes and noises and thunder came from the throne. Before the throne seven lamps were burning, which are the seven spirits of God.

Revelation 5:6

Then I saw a Lamb standing in the center of the throne and in the middle of the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb looked as if he had been killed. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God that were sent into all the world.