Study it in the app“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: This is what the one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says: I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, and you are dead.”
AndΚαὶto the angelτῷ ἀγγέλῳof the assemblyτῆς ἐκκλησίαςinἐνSardisΣάρδεσινwrite:γράψονThis is whatΤάδεthe one who hasὁ ἔχωνthe sevenτὰ ἑπτὰspiritsπνεύματαof Godτοῦ θεοῦandκαὶthe sevenτοὺς ἑπτὰstarsἀστέραςsays:λέγειI knowΟἶδάyour works,σου τὰ ἔργαthatὅτιyou haveἔχειςa nameὄνομαthatὅτιyou are alive,ζῇςandκαὶyou areεἶdead.νεκρὸς
angel
A messenger from heaven who serves God.
Where else “angelōi” appearschurch
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsias” appearsSardis
See it on the mapWhere else “Sardesin” appearswrite
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “grapson” appearsthis
This; "such and such", "this here".
Where else “Tade” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echōn” appearsseven
Seven.
Where else “hepta” appearsevil spirit
An invisible being without a body, often evil: a demon.
Where else “pneumata” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsstar
Star, heavenly body.
Where else “asteras” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appearsknow
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “Oida” appearsdeed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “erga” appearsname
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onoma” appearslive
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zēis” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ei” appearsdead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekros” appearsSardis
Today: Sardis ruins, near Sart, Turkey
A city in western Turkey today, about 56 miles (90 km) east of Smyrna.
It is one of the seven assemblies of Asia. Jesus told it that it had a name for being alive but was dead, and called it to wake up (Rev 3:1-2).
1 · This verse (above)
2Keep watch, and strengthen what remains, which was about to die, for I have not found your works complete before my God.
