Smyrna, The Persecuted Church
The King James Version
Address to the church of Smyrna: Rev 2: 8-11
- 8.And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These
things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
- 9.I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou
art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
- 10.Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold,
the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
- 11.He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the
second death.