New American Standard Bible 1995
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 this against you, that you have left your first love. 5Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place--unless you repent. Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.’ 8“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life, says this:
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ἀλλὰ τοῦτο ἔχεις ὅτι μισεῖς τὰ ἔργα τῶν Νικολαϊτῶν ἃ κἀγὼ μισῶ.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Revelation 2:6
- Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality.
- 2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord and so bring wrath on yourself from the Lord?
- Psalms 26:5I hate the assembly of evildoers, And I will not sit with the wicked.
- Psalms 101:3I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me.
- Psalms 139:21Do I not hate those who hate You, O Lord? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
- 2 John 1:9Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he 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
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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
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