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The Message to Sardis Re.3.1-6

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Καὶ τῷ ἀγγέλῳ τῆς ἐν Σάρδεσιν ἐκκλησίας γράψον·

Τάδε λέγει ὁ ἐχων τὰ ἑπτὰ πνεύματα τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἀστέρας·
Οἶδά σου τὰ ἐργα, ὅτι ὀνομα ἐχεις ὅτι ζῇς, καὶ νεκρὸς εἶ.

"And to the angel of the church in Sardis write:
'The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.
"'I know your works; you have the name of being alive, and you are dead.
The Message to Sardis Re.3.1-6
γίνου γρηγορῶν, καὶ στήρισον τὰ λοιπὰ ἂ ἐμελλον ἀποθανεῖν, οὐ γὰρ εὑρηκά σου [τὰ] ἐργα πεπληρωμένα ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ μου· Awake, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God. 
μνημόνευε οὖν πῶς εἰληφας καὶ ἠκουσας, καὶ τήρει, καὶ μετανόησον. ἐὰν οὖν μὴ γρηγορήσῃς, ἡξω ὡς κλέπτης, καὶ οὐ μὴ γνῷς ποίαν ὡραν ἡξω ἐπὶ σέ. Remember then what you received and heard; keep that, and repent. If you will not awake, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you. 
ἀλλὰ ἐχεις ὀλίγα ὀνόματα ἐν Σάρδεσιν ἂ οὐκ ἐμόλυναν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν, καὶ περιπατήσουσιν μετ' ἐμοῦ ἐν λευκοῖς, ὅτι ἀξιοί εἰσιν. Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy. 
ὁ νικῶν οὑτως περιβαλεῖται ἐν ἱματίοις λευκοῖς, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐξαλείψω τὸ ὀνομα αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῆς βίβλου τῆς ζωῆς, καὶ ὁμολογήσω τὸ ὀνομα αὐτοῦ ἐνώπιον τοῦ πατρός μου καὶ ἐνω πιον τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ. He who conquers shall be clad thus in white garments, and I will not blot his name out of the book of life; I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. 
ὁ ἐχων οὖς ἀκουσάτω τί τὸ Πνεῦμα λέγει ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' 

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