Translation of : Letters to the seven churches / William Barclay ; London : SCM Press, 1957.

V. 1: Chapters 1 to 5 -- God's revelation to men (1:1-3) -- The means of God's revelation -- Servants of God -- The blesseds of God -- The message and its destination (1:4-6) -- The blessing and its source -- The sevenfold Spirit -- The titles of Jesus -- What Jesus did for men -- The coming glory (1:7) -- The God in whom we trust (1:8) -- Through tribulation to the kingdom (1:9) -- The island of banishment -- In the spirit of the Lord's day (1:10-11) -- The divine messenger (1:12-13) -- The picture of the risen Christ (1:14-18) -- The titles of the risen Lord -- The churches and their angels (1:20) -- The letter to Ephesus (2:1-7) -- Ephesus, first and greatest -- Ephesus, Christ and his church -- Ephesus, when orthodoxy costs too much -- Ephesus, the steps on the return journey -- Ephesus, a ruinous heresy -- Ephesus, the great reward -- The letter to Smyrna (2:8-11) -- Smyrna, the crown of Asia -- Smyrna, under trial -- Smyrna, the cause of the trouble -- Smyrna, Christ's claim and Christ's demand -- Smyrna, the promised reward -- The letter to Pergamum (2:12-17) -- Pergamum, the seat of Satan -- Pergamum, an engagement very difficult -- Pergamum, the doom of error -- Pergamum, the bread of heaven -- Pergamum, the white stone and the new name -- Pergamum, re-named by God -- The letter to Thyatira (2:18-29) -- Thyatira, the peril of compromise -- Thyatira, the state of the church in Thyatira -- Thyatira, the source of the error -- Thyatira, the teaching of Jezebel -- Thyatira, promises and threats -- The letter to Sardis (3:1-6) -- Sardis, past splendour and present decay -- Sardis, death in life -- Sardis, a lifeless church -- Sardis, watch! -- Sardis, the imperatives of the risen Lord -- Sardis, the faithful few -- Sardis, the threefold promise -- The letter to Philadelphia (3:7-13) -- Philadelphia, city of praise -- Philadelphia, titles and claims -- Philadelphia, the open door -- Philadelphia, inheritors of the promise -- Philadelphia, those who keep are kept -- Philadelphia, promise and warning -- Philadelphia, many promises -- The letter to Laodicea (3:14-22) -- Laodicea, the church condemned -- Laodicea, the claims of Christ -- Laodicea, neither one thing nor another -- Laodicea, the wealth that is poverty -- Laodicea, love's chastisement -- Laodicea, the Christ who knocks -- This means you -- The opening heavens and the opening door (4:1) -- The throne of God (4:2-3) -- The twenty-four elders (4:4) -- Around the throne (4:5, 6a) -- The four living creatures (4:6b-8) -- The symbolism of the living creatures -- The song of praise -- God, the Lord and Creator (4:9-11) -- The roll in the hand of God (5:1) -- God's book of destiny (5:2-4) -- The Lion of Judah and the Root of David (5:5) -- The Lamb (5:6) -- Music in heaven (5:7-14) -- The prayers of the saints (5:8) -- The new song (5:9) -- The song of the living creatures and of the elders (5:9-10) -- The song of the angels (5:11-12) -- The song of all creation (5:13-14) -- V. 2: Chapters 6-22 -- The opening of the seals -- The four horses and their riders (6:1-8) -- The white horse of conquest -- The blood-red horse of strife -- The black horse of famine -- The pale horse of pestilence and death -- The souls of the martyrs (6:9-11) -- The cry of the martyrs -- The shattered universe (6:12,14) -- The time of terror (6:15-17) -- Rescue and reward (7:1-3) -- The winds of God -- The living God -- The seal of God (7:4-8) -- The number of the faithful -- The glory of the martyrs (7:9-10) -- The praise of the angels (7:11-12) -- Washing from sin (7:13-14) -- The blood of Jesus Christ -- The saints who have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb -- Christ's sacrifice and man's appropriation -- The service in the glory (7:15) -- The bliss of the blessed (7:16-17) -- The Divine Shepherd -- The silence and the thunder of prayer (8:1-5) -- The seven angels with the trumpets (8:2, 6) -- The unleashing of the elements (8:7-12) -- The flying eagle (8:13) -- The unlocking of the abyss (9:1-2) -- The locusts from the abyss (9:3-12) -- The demonic locusts -- The horsemen of vengeance (9:13-21) -- The unutterable revelation (10:1-4) -- The divine announcement of the end (10:5-7) -- The joy and the sorrow of the messenger of God (10:8-11) -- Antichrist -- The vision of things to come (11) -- The measuring of the temple (11:1,2) -- The length of the terror -- The two witnesses (11:3-6) -- The saving death of the two witnesses (11:7-13) -- The woman and the beast (12) -- The woman with child (12:1, 2) -- The hatred of the dragon (12:3, 4)-- The snatching away of the child (12:5) -- The flight to the desert (12:6) -- Satan, then enemy of God (12:7-9) -- The song of the martyrs in glory (12:10-12) -- The attack of the dragon (12: 13-17) -- The power of the beast (13) -- The devil and the beast (12:1-5) -- Insult to God (13:6-9) -- Earthly danger and divine safety -- The Christian's only weapons (13:10) -- The power of the second beast 13:11-17) -- The mark of the beast -- The number of the beast (13:18) -- The Father's own (14:1) -- The song which only God's own can learn (14:2, 3) -- The finest flower (14:4a) -- The imitation of Christ (14: 4b, 5) -- The summons of the worship of God (14:6-7) -- The fall of Babylon (14:8) -- The doom of the man who denies his Lord (14:9-12) -- The rest of the faithful soul (14:13) -- The harvest of judgment (14:14-20) -- The victors of Christ (15:1-2) -- The song of the victors of Christ (15:3-4) -- The avenging angels (15:5-7) -- The unapproachable glory (15:8) -- The seven bowls of the wrath of God (16) -- The terrors of God (16:1-11) -- The hordes from the East (16:12) -- The unclean spirits like frogs (16:13-16) -- The false prophet -- Armageddon -- Nature at war (16:17-21) -- The fall of Rome (17) -- The city which became a harlot (17:1-2) -- The vision in the wilderness (17:3) -- The great harlot (17:4-5) -- Drunk with blood of the saints and the martyrs (17:6) -- The reincarnation of evil (17:7-11) -- The purposes of man and the purposes of God (17:12-18) -- The doom of Rome (18:1-3) -- Come ye out! (18:4-5) -- The doom of pride (18:6-8) -- The lament of the kings (18:9-10) -- The lament of the merchants (18:11-16) -- The lament of the shipmasters (18:17-19) -- Joy amidst lamenting (18:20) -- The final desolation (18:21-14) -- The Te Deum of the angels (19:1-2) -- The Te Deum of nature and the church (19:3-5) -- The Te Deum of the redeemed (19:6-8) -- The almighty and his kingdom -- The only worship (19:9-10a) -- The spirit of prophecy (19:10b) -- The conquering Christ (19:11) -- The unknowable name (19:12) -- God's word in action (19:13) -- The avenging wrath (19:14-16) -- The doom of the enemies of Christ (19:17-21) -- The thousand year reign of Christ and the saints (20) -- The chaining of Satan (20:1-3) -- The privilege of judgment (20:4-5) -- The privileges of the witnesses of Christ (20:6) -- The final struggle (20:7-10) -- The final judgment (20:11-15) -- The new creation (21:1) -- The new Jerusalem (21:2) -- Fellowship with God (21:3-4) -- All things new (21:5-6) -- The glory and the shame (21:7-8) -- The city of God (21:9-27) -- The bringer of the vision (21:9-10) -- The city's light (21:11) -- The wall and the gates of the city (21:12) -- The gates of the city (21:13) -- The measuring of the city (21:15-17) -- The precious stones of the city (21:18-21) -- The presence of God (21:22-23) -- The whole earth for God (21:24-27) -- Reception and rejection -- The river of life (22:1-2) -- The tree of life -- The beauty of holiness (22:3-5) -- Final words (22: 6-9) -- The time is near and the time is past (22:10-11) -- The claims of Christ (22:12-13) -- The accepted and the rejected (22:14-15) -- The guarantee of truth (22:16) -- The great invitation (22:17) -- The warning (22:18-19) -- Last words (22:20-21).