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

4However, I have this against you: The love you had at first is gone. 5Remember how far you have fallen. Return to me and change the way you think and act, and do what you did at first. I will come to you and take your lamp stand from its place if you don’t change. But you have this in your favor—you hate what the Nicolaitans are doing. I also hate what they’re doing. 7“Let the person who has ears listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the privilege of eating from the tree of life, which stands in the paradise of God, to everyone who wins the victory. 8“To the messenger of the church in Smyrna, write: The first and the last, who was dead and became alive, says:

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 against you: You have among you those who follow what Balaam taught Balak. Balak trapped the people of Israel by ⌞encouraging⌟ them to eat food sacrificed to idols and to sin sexually.
• 2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu, son of the seer Hanani, asked King Jehoshaphat, “Why do you help wicked people and love those who hate the Lord? The Lord’s anger is directed toward you because you have done this.
• Psalms 26:5I have hated the mob of evildoers and will not sit with wicked people.
• Psalms 101:3I will not put anything wicked in front of my eyes. I hate what unfaithful people do. I want no part of it.
• Psalms 139:21Shouldn’t I hate those who hate you, O Lord? Shouldn’t I be disgusted with those who attack you?
• 2 John 1:9Everyone who doesn’t continue to teach what Christ taught doesn’t have God. The person who continues to teach what Christ taught has both the Father and the Son.

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