For I testify that he has gone to much trouble for you and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis.
For I testify about them that they have zeal for God—but not based on knowledge.
For I testify that according to their ability, and even beyond their ability, they gave of their own free will—
I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those in Laodicea, as well as for those who have still not seen me face to face.
saying, “Write what you see in a scroll, and send it to Messiah’s seven communities—to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”