The voice said, “Write what you see on a scroll and send it to the seven churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
Peter turned around and saw that the disciple Jesus loved was following them. (He was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is going to hand you over to your enemies?”)
From John. To the seven churches in the province of Asia. May you receive grace and peace from the one who is, and who was, and who is to come; from the seven spirits that are in front of God’s throne;