Revelation 2:6

Revelation 2:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
• New International Version (NIV)But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Yet this you have: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

Context of Revelation 2:6

4But I have something to say against you. You loved me very much when you first believed in me. You do not love me as much now. 5Think carefully about this! You do not now live in the way you did at the beginning. So you must change the way you live. Do again the good things that you did at the beginning. If you do not change the way you live, I will come to punish you. I will take away your lampstand from its place. But this is something that you do well: you hate the bad things that the Nicolaitans are doing. I also hate what they do. 7God's Spirit is now speaking to people in the churches. You should recognize that the Spirit is speaking. Everyone who knows that should listen to what he says. I will let everyone who wins against Satan eat my fruit. This fruit is from the tree that makes us alive. And this tree grows in God's garden.” ’ 8‘Write this to the angel of the church at Smyrna: “This is the message to you from the one who is the first and the last. He was dead, but he became alive again.

Revelation 2:6 word by word

ἀλλὰ τοῦτο ἔχεις ὅτι μισεῖς τὰ ἔργα τῶν Νικολαϊτῶν ἃ κἀγὼ μισῶ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butἀλλάalla · butG235
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• thou hastἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• thou hatestμισέωmiseō · to hateG3404
• the deedsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the deedsἔργονergon · workG2041
• of the NicolaitansΝικολαΐτηςNikolaitēs · NicolaitanG3531
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• I alsoκἀγώkagō kamoi kame · and IG2504

Cross-references for Revelation 2:6

• Revelation 2:14But I have a few things to say against you. Some people among you agree with what Balaam taught long ago. He taught Balak to do a bad thing against God's people. Balak caused the Israelite people to do wrong things. As a result, they ate food that people had given to idols. They also had sex with people who were not their husbands or wives.
• 2 Chronicles 19:2The prophet Jehu, Hanani's son, went to meet him. He said to King Jehoshaphat, ‘You agreed to help a wicked man. You became the friend of someone who hates the Lord. You should not have done that. You have caused the Lord to be very angry with you.
• Psalms 26:5I keep away from any crowd of evil people. I do not become a friend of wicked people.
• Psalms 101:3As for evil things, I will not even think about them. I hate the things that wicked people do. They will not be my friends.
• Psalms 139:21Lord, I hate those people who hate you. I have no time for those who turn against you.
• 2 John 1:9Remember the message which Christ taught. Anyone who teaches his own ideas instead of Christ's true message does not belong to God. Continue to believe what Christ taught. Anyone who does that belongs to God the Father and to his Son, Jesus.

Commentaries on Revelation 2:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The deeds of the Nicolaitanes - These were, as is commonly supposed, a sect of the Gnostics, who taught the most impure doctrines, and followed the most impure practices. They are also supposed to have derived their origin from Nicolas, one of the seven deacons mentioned Acts 6:5; (note). The Nicolaitanes taught the community of wives, that adultery and fornication were things indifferent, that eating meats offered to idols was quite lawful; and mixed…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6But this thou hast - This thou hast that I approve of, or that I can commend. That thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans - Greek, “works” ( ̀ ̓́ ta erga). The word “Nicolaitanes” occurs only in this place, and in the Revelation 2:15 verse of this chapter. From the reference in the latter place it is clear that the doctrines which they held prevailed at Pergamos as well as at Ephesus; but from neither place can anything now be inferred in regard to the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Little is known about the Nicolaitans. Their teachings (Revelation 2:15) suggest they ate food offered to idols and engaged in sexual immorality. The council in Jerusalem prohibited this behavior (see Acts 15:20, 29). The early church father Irenaeus, writing around AD 180, said that the Nicolaitans followed the teaching of Nicolas (Acts 6:3–5). He believed John's writings opposed the Nicolaitan false teachings linked to Cerinthus (see 1 John Book…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. But--How graciously, after necessary censure, He returns to praise for our consolation, and as an example to us, that we would show, when we reprove, we have more pleasure in praising than in fault-finding. hatest the deeds--We should hate men's evil deeds, not hate the men themselves. Nicolaitanes--Irenæus [Against Heresies, 1.26.3] and Tertullian [Prescription against Heretics, 46] make these followers of Nicolas, one of the seven (honorably…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 2:6

• Church
• Ephesus
• Fellowship
• Nicolaitanes
• Sin
• Zeal, Religious

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Commentaries on Revelation 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings