Revelation 2:6

Revelation 2:6 in other versions

• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But this is in your favor: You hate the evil deeds of the Nicolaitans, just as I do.

Context of Revelation 2:6

4Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 5Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. 8And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

Revelation 2:6 word by word

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

• 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 thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
• 2 Chronicles 19:2And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.
• Psalms 26:5I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
• Psalms 101:3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
• Psalms 139:21Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
• 2 John 1:9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath 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