To those in Smyrna, he said: “I know your tribulation and poverty ​ — but you are rich. ” What a contrast to those in Laodicea, who boasted of worldly wealth but who were actually impoverished!
स्मुरना और फिलदिलफिया की कलीसियाओं ने आज्ञा मानने में एक बढ़िया मिसाल कायम की ।