1 “Write this to the angel of the Ephesus church: This is what the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand says, the one who walks among the seven golden candlesticks: 2 I know what you've accomplished, your hard work and perseverance. I know you can't tolerate evil people, and how you investigated those who claimed to be apostles but are not, and discovered they were frauds. 3 I know about your patience, and what you endured for my sake—and that you didn't give up! 4 But I have something against you: you have neglected your first love. 5 So remember how far you've fallen—repent and go back to what you were doing at first. Otherwise I'll come to you and I will remove your candlestick from where it is—unless you repent. 6 However, you do have this to your credit: you hate the actions of the Nicolaitans, just as I do. 7 If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit is telling the churches. I will give to those who are victorious the privilege of eating from the tree of life, which stands in the Paradise of God. 8 Write this to the angel of the Smyrna church: This is what the first and last says, the one who was dead and came back to life: 9 I know the troubles you are going through, and how poor you are (but you are rich), and the abuse from those who say they are Jews but are not, but belong to Satan's synagogue. 10 Don't be afraid about what you are going to suffer. Yes, the devil will throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Just remain faithful, even if it means death, and I will give you the crown of life! 11 If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit is telling the churches. The second death will not harm those who are victorious. 12 Write this to the angel of the Pergamum church: This is what the one holding the sharp two-edged sword says: 13 I know you're living where Satan has his throne, and that you have stayed true to me. You have not denied your trust in me, even when my faithful witness Antipas was killed right among you there where Satan lives! 14 But I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak how to entrap the children of Israel by means of eating food sacrificed to idols and committing sexual sins. 15 Similarly you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16 So repent, or soon I will come to you and fight against them using the sword of my mouth. 17 If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit is telling the churches. I will give the hidden manna to those who are victorious. I will give them a white stone with a new name written on it that nobody knows except those who receive it. 18 Write this to the angel of the Thyatira church: This is what the Son of God says, the one who has eyes like flaming fire and feet like polished brass. 19 I know what you have accomplished, your love and faithfulness and service and perseverance, and that you are doing more now than when you first believed. 20 But I have something against you: you are allowing the woman called Jezebel who calls herself a prophetess to teach my followers, leading them astray into sexual sins, and to eat food sacrificed to idols. 21 I gave her time to repent of her sexual sins, but she's not willing to repent. 22 So I'm throwing her into a bed together with her adulterous partners and they will suffer terribly unless they repent of what they have done with her. 23 I will put her children to death. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who examines thoughts and motives. I will repay each of you according to what you've done. 24 For the rest of you there in Thyatira who don't follow this teaching, who have not learned Satan's ‘deep depravities’ as they are called, I don't place on you any other burden. I say to you, 25 ‘Just hold on to what you have until I come.’ 26 I will give authority over the nations to those who are victorious and who do what I say until the end. 27 He will rule the nations with an iron rod, breaking them into pieces like clay pots. In the same way that I received authority from my Father, 28 I will give them the morning star. 29 If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit is telling the churches.”
Apocalipsis · Free Bible Version (Versión Biblia Libre en inglés)
Apocalipsis 2 Free Bible Version (Versión Biblia Libre en inglés)
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Personas y lugares de este capítulo
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Personas
Antipas
Called Christ's faithful witness, killed at Pergamum where Satan dwells.
Citado en la guía: Revelation 2:13
Jezebel
A woman at Thyatira who called herself a prophetess and led Christ's servants into immorality and idolatry; the name probably recalls Ahab's wife.
Citado en la guía: Revelation 2:20
Lugares
Ephesus
The chief city of Roman Asia, famed for the temple of Artemis. Paul's long ministry sparked the silversmiths' riot; the city is also the first addressed in Revelation.
Citado en la guía: Acts 19:1; Acts 19:28; Revelation 2:1
Referencias cruzadas (29)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Apocalipsis 1:20; Apocalipsis 1:16; Apocalipsis 1:11–13; Apocalipsis 3:7; Apocalipsis 2:18
- 2 1 Juan 4:1; 2 Pedro 2:1–3; 1 Tesalonicenses 5:21; 2 Corintios 11:13–15; Apocalipsis 3:8
- 3 Hebreos 10:36; Gálatas 6:9; Santiago 5:7–11; Hebreos 12:1; Santiago 1:3–4
- 4 Mateo 24:12–13; Jeremías 2:2–5; Hebreos 6:10–11; Filipenses 1:9; 2 Tesalonicenses 1:3
- 5 Apocalipsis 3:2–3; Apocalipsis 3:19; Apocalipsis 2:16; Oseas 14:1; Hechos 17:30–31
- 6 Salmo 26:5; Salmo 101:3; 2 Juan 9–10; Apocalipsis 2:14–15; 2 Crónicas 19:2
- 7 Apocalipsis 2:11; Apocalipsis 2:17; Mateo 11:15; Mateo 13:43; Apocalipsis 13:9
- 8 Apocalipsis 1:17–18; Apocalipsis 1:8; Apocalipsis 1:11; Apocalipsis 2:1
- 9 Apocalipsis 3:9; Santiago 2:5–6; 2 Corintios 8:9; Romanos 9:6; 2 Corintios 6:10
- 10 Santiago 1:12; Mateo 10:22; Apocalipsis 3:10–11; Lucas 21:16–19; Marcos 13:13
- 11 Apocalipsis 20:6; Apocalipsis 20:14; Apocalipsis 21:8; Apocalipsis 2:7; Apocalipsis 2:17
- 12 Apocalipsis 2:16; Apocalipsis 1:16; Hebreos 4:12; Apocalipsis 19:15; Apocalipsis 1:11
- 13 Apocalipsis 2:9–10; 1 Timoteo 5:8; Apocalipsis 3:8–9; Apocalipsis 3:11; Hechos 22:20
- 14 Números 31:16; 2 Pedro 2:15; Apocalipsis 2:20; Números 25:1–3; Judas 11
- 15 Apocalipsis 2:6
- 16 2 Tesalonicenses 2:8; Apocalipsis 1:16; Efesios 6:17; Apocalipsis 2:5; Isaías 11:4
- 17 Isaías 62:2; Isaías 65:15; Apocalipsis 19:12–13; Apocalipsis 3:12–13; Apocalipsis 2:7
- 18 Apocalipsis 1:14–15; Apocalipsis 1:11; Juan 3:35–36; Salmo 2:7; Juan 5:25
- 19 1 Timoteo 1:5; 2 Pedro 1:7; Juan 15:2; 2 Tesalonicenses 1:3; Apocalipsis 2:2–4
- 20 Apocalipsis 2:14; 1 Reyes 16:31; 1 Corintios 10:18–21; Hechos 15:29; 2 Reyes 9:7
- 21 2 Pedro 3:9; Romanos 2:4–5; Apocalipsis 9:20–21; Apocalipsis 16:11; Apocalipsis 16:9
- 22 Apocalipsis 17:2; Lucas 13:5; Ezequiel 16:37–41; Jeremías 36:3; Apocalipsis 18:3
- 23 Mateo 16:27; Salmo 7:9; Romanos 8:27; 1 Pedro 1:17; Hechos 1:24
- 24 2 Corintios 2:11; Apocalipsis 12:9; 2 Corintios 11:3; Hechos 15:28; 2 Corintios 11:13–15
- 25 Apocalipsis 3:3; Apocalipsis 3:11; Hebreos 10:23; 1 Tesalonicenses 5:21; Apocalipsis 22:7
- 26 Apocalipsis 3:21; Apocalipsis 2:7; Daniel 7:27; Salmo 2:8; Apocalipsis 20:4
- 27 Salmo 2:8–9; Apocalipsis 12:5; Apocalipsis 19:15; Isaías 30:14; Mateo 11:27
- 28 Apocalipsis 22:16; 2 Pedro 1:19; Lucas 1:78–79
- 29 Apocalipsis 2:7
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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