These letters, to congregations in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea, reveal that Christians in this part of Asia Minor were then facing various dangers, such as immorality, sectarianism, and apostasy. ​ — Revelation 1: 9, 11; 2: 14, 15, 20.
وهذه الجماعات هي :‏ افسس ،‏ سميرنا ،‏ برغامس ،‏ ثياتيرا ،‏ ساردس ،‏ فيلادلفيا ،‏ ولاودكية .‏