Revelation 3:13-14

To the Church in Philadelphia

¹³ _p He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

To the Church in Laodicea

¹⁴ "And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the _p Amen, _q the faithful and true witness, _r the beginning of God's creation.

1. Cross References
   Revelation 2:7
   He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 1:20
   For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.
   
3. Cross References
   Revelation 3:7
   And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.
   Revelation 1:5
   And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
   Revelation 19:11
   Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
   Revelation 22:6
   And he said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.
   
4. Cross References
   Colossians 1:15
   He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
   Colossians 1:18
   And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
   Revelation 21:6
   And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.
   Revelation 22:13
   I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
   Proverbs 8:22
   The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.