Revelation 2:19

Revelation 2:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
• New International Version (NIV)I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“I know all the things you do. I have seen your love, your faith, your service, and your patient endurance. And I can see your constant improvement in all these things.

Context of Revelation 2:19

17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.' 18"And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: 'The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze. "'I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. 20But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. 21I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.

Revelation 2:19 word by word

οἶδά σου τὰ ἔργα καὶ τὴν ἀγάπην καὶ τὴν πίστιν καὶ τὴν διακονίαν καὶ τὴν ὑπομονήν σου καὶ τὰ ἔργα σου τὰ ἔσχατα πλείονα τῶν πρώτων.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• worksὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• worksἔργονergon · workG2041
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• charityἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
• serviceδιακονίαdiakonia · serviceG1248
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• patienceὑπομονήhupomonē · perseveranceG5281
• the lastἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078
• moreπλείων, πλεῖονpleiōn pleion pleon · greaterG4119
• than the firstπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413

Cross-references for Revelation 2:19

• Revelation 2:2"'I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.
• 1 Corinthians 13:1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
• Colossians 3:14And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:6But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you—
• 2 Thessalonians 1:3We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.
• 1 Timothy 1:5The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
• 1 Peter 4:8Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
• 2 Peter 1:7and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
• Revelation 2:3I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary.
• Revelation 2:4But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
• Job 17:9Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
• Psalms 92:14They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green,
• Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
• John 15:2Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
• 2 Peter 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

Commentaries on Revelation 2:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19I know thy works - And of these he first sets forth their charity, , their love to God and each other; and particularly to the poor and distressed: and hence followed their faith, , their fidelity, to the grace they had received; and service, , and ministration; properly pious and benevolent service to widows, orphans, and the poor in general. And thy patience - ̔ · Thy perseverance under afflictions and persecutions, and thy continuance in well-doing. I…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19I know thy works - See the notes on Revelation 2:2. He knew all they had done, good and bad. And charity - Love; love to God, and love to man. There is no reason for restricting this word here to the comparatively narrow sense which it now bears. Compare the notes on 1 Corinthians 13:1. And service - Greek, “ministry” - ́ diakonianThe word would seem to include all the service which the church had rendered in the cause of religion; all which was the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-29Verses 18-29 Even when the Lord knows the works of his people to be wrought in love, faith, zeal, and patience; yet if his eyes, which are as a flame of fire, observe them committing or allowing what is evil, he will rebuke, correct, or punish them. Here is praise of the ministry and people of Thyatira, by One who knew the principles from which they acted. They grew wiser and better. All Christians should earnestly desire that their last works may be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19Christ praises the Thyatirans for their knowledge and understanding of everything.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. The oldest manuscripts transpose the English Version order, and read, "faith and service." The four are subordinate to "thy works"; thus, "I know thy works, even the love and the faith (these two forming one pair, as 'faith works by love,' Ga 5:6), and the service (ministration to the suffering members of the Church, and to all in spiritual or temporal need), and the endurance of (that is, shown by) thee (this pronoun belongs to all four)." As love is…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 2:19

• Church
• Faith
• Obedience
• Patience
• Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Bed
• Faithful
• Thyatira
• Apostolic Age
• Asia Minor
• Charity
• Church Government
• Commandment, the New
• Ear

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