Revelation 2:8-9

⁸To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.

⁹I know your affliction and your poverty — though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.

— Revelation 2:8-9

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Cross References for Revelation 2:8-9

• Revelation 3:9
• James 2:5-6
• 2 Corinthians 8:9
• Revelation 1:17-18
• Romans 9:6
• 2 Corinthians 6:10
• Romans 2:28-29
• 1 Timothy 6:18
• Luke 4:18
• Revelation 2:2

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