Smyrna endurance through suffering

To Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum and Thyatira · Revelation 2

Story guide: Smyrna is called to remain faithful through suffering. This contextual scene illustrates the warning, not a specific recorded imprisonment.

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8And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things says the First and the Last, who became dead and lived again:

9I know your affliction and your poverty—but you are rich—and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

11The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will certainly not be harmed by the second death.

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