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"To the angel 1 of the church in Sardis write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits 2 of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
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Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.
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Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.
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Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.
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The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels.
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Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.