1八 那灵的说话是关于召会历史中的七类召会:初期的召会(以弗所)、受苦的召会(士每拿)、属世的召会(别迦摩)、背道的召会(推雅推喇)、改革的召会(撒狄)、恢复的召会(非拉铁非)以及恢复后又堕落的召会(老底嘉):
1H The Spirit's speaking is regarding the seven kinds of churches in church history: the initial church (Ephesus), the suffering church (Smyrna), the worldly church (Pergamos), the apostate church (Thyatira), the reformed church (Sardis), the recovered church (Philadelphia), and the degraded recovered church (Laodicea):