Rev 1:11-20 | ESV | STEP | saying , Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches , to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea .

Revelation of John 1:11-20

11 saying, ^a“Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw ^bseven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands ^cone like ^da son of man, ^eclothed with a long robe and ^fwith a golden sash around his chest. 14 ^gThe hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. ^hHis eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 ⁱhis feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and ^jhis voice was like the roar of many waters. 16 ^kIn his right hand he held seven stars, ^lfrom his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and ^mhis face was like the sun shining ⁿin full strength.

17 ^oWhen I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But ^phe laid his right hand on me, ^qsaying, “Fear not, ^rI am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. ^sI died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and ^tI have the keys of Death and Hades. 19 ^uWrite therefore ^vthe things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. 20 As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and ^wthe seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and ^xthe seven lampstands are the seven churches.