22 Look, I will throw her into a sickbed(A) and those who commit adultery with her(B) into great affliction.(C) Unless they repent of her[a] works, 23 I will strike her children dead.[b](D) Then all the churches will know that I am the one who examines minds and hearts,(E) and I will give to each of you according to your works.(F) 24 I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who haven’t known “the so-called secrets[c](G) of Satan”(H) —as they say—I am not putting any other burden on you.(I)

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  1. 2:22 Other mss read their
  2. 2:23 Or with a plague
  3. 2:24 Or the secret things

22 So I am throwing her into a sickbed; and those who commit adultery with her I am throwing into great trouble, unless they turn from the sins connected with what she does; 23 and I will strike her children dead! Then all the Messianic communities will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and that I will give to each of you what your deeds deserve. 24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, to those who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some people call the ‘deep things’ of the Adversary, I say this: I am not loading you up with another burden;

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