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Revelation 2

Message to Ephesus

1“To the angelG32 of the churchG1577 in 1EphesusG2181 writeG1125:

The One who holdsG2902 2the sevenG2033 starsG792 in His rightG1188 handG1188, the One who walksG4043 34amongG1722G3319 the sevenG2033 goldenG5552 lampstandsG3087, saysG3004 thisG3592:

2‘5I knowG3609 your deedsG2041 and your toilG2873 and 6perseveranceG5281, and that you cannotG1410G3756 tolerateG941 evilG2556 menG2556, and you 7putG3985 to the testG3985 thoseG3588 who callG3004 themselvesG1438 8apostlesG652, and they are not, and you foundG2147 them to be falseG5571; 3and you haveG2192 9perseveranceG5281 and have enduredG941 10for My name’sG3686 sakeG1223, and have not grownG2872 wearyG2872. 4But I haveG2192 this againstG2596 you, that you have 11leftG863 your firstG4413 loveG26. 5ThereforeG3767 rememberG3421 from whereG4159 you have fallenG4098, and 12repentG3340 and 13doG4160 the 14deedsG2041 you did at firstG4413; orG1161 elseG1490 I am comingG2064 to you and will removeG2795 your 15lampstandG3087 out of its placeG5117--unlessG1437G3361 you repentG3340. 6YetG235 thisG3778 you do haveG2192, that you hateG3404 the deedsG2041 of the 16NicolaitansG3531, whichG3739 I alsoG2532 hateG3404. 717He who hasG2192 an earG3775, let him hearG191 whatG5101 the SpiritG4151 saysG3004 to the churchesG1577. 18To him who overcomesG3528, I will grantG1325 to eatG2068 of 19the treeG3586 of lifeG2222 whichG3739 is in the 20ParadiseG3857 of GodG2316.’

Message to Smyrna

8“And to the angelG32 of the churchG1577 in 21SmyrnaG4667 writeG1125:

22The firstG4413 and the lastG2078, whoG3739 2324was deadG3498, and has come to lifeG2198, saysG3004 thisG3592:

9‘I knowG3609 your 25tribulationG2347 and your 26povertyG4432 (but you are 27richG4145), and the blasphemyG988 by thoseG3588 who 28sayG3004 they are JewsG2453 and are not, but are a synagogueG4864 of 29SatanG4567. 10Do not fearG5399 whatG3739 you are aboutG3195 to sufferG3958. BeholdG2400, the devilG1228 is aboutG3195 to castG906 some of you into prisonG5438, soG2443 that you will be 30testedG3985, and you will haveG2192 tribulationG2347 31for tenG1176 daysG2250. 32Be 33faithfulG4103 untilG891 deathG2288, and I will giveG1325 you 34the crownG4735 of lifeG2222. 1135He who hasG2192 an earG3775, let him hearG191 whatG5101 the SpiritG4151 saysG3004 to the churchesG1577. 36He who overcomesG3528 will not be hurtG91 by the 37secondG1208 deathG2288.’

Message to Pergamum

12“And to the angelG32 of the churchG1577 in 38PergamumG4010 writeG1125:

The One who hasG2192 39the sharpG3691 two-edgedG1366 swordG4501 saysG3004 thisG3592:

13‘I knowG3609 whereG4226 you dwellG2730, whereG3699 40Satan’sG4567 throneG2362 is; and you holdG2902 fastG2902 My nameG3686, and did not denyG720 41My faithG4102 evenG2532 in the daysG2250 of AntipasG493, My 42witnessG3144, My 43faithfulG4103 oneG4103, whoG3739 was killedG615 amongG3844 you, 44whereG3699 SatanG4567 dwellsG2730. 14But 45I haveG2192 a fewG3641 thingsG3641 againstG2596 you, becauseG3754 you haveG2192 thereG1563 some who holdG2902 the 46teachingG1322 of BalaamG903, whoG3739 kept teachingG1321 BalakG904 to putG906 a stumblingG4625 blockG4625 beforeG1799 the sonsG5207 of IsraelG2474, 47to eatG2068 thingsG1494 sacrificedG1494 to idolsG1494 and to commitG4203 acts of immoralityG4203. 15SoG3779 you alsoG2532 haveG2192 some who in the sameG3668 wayG3668 holdG2902 the teachingG1322 of the 48NicolaitansG3531. 16ThereforeG3767 49repentG3340; orG1161 elseG1490 50I am comingG2064 to you quicklyG5035, and I will makeG4170 warG4170 againstG3326 them with 51the swordG4501 of My mouthG4750. 1752He who hasG2192 an earG3775, let him hearG191 whatG5101 the SpiritG4151 saysG3004 to the churchesG1577. 53To him who overcomesG3528, to him I will giveG1325 some of the hiddenG2928 54mannaG3131, and I will giveG1325 him a whiteG3022 stoneG5586, and a 55newG2537 nameG3686 writtenG1125 on the stoneG5586 56whichG3739 noG3762 oneG3762 knowsG3609 but he who receivesG2983 it.’

Message to Thyatira

18“And to the angelG32 of the churchG1577 in 57ThyatiraG2363 writeG1125:

58The SonG5207 of GodG2316, 59who hasG2192 60eyesG3788 likeG5613 a flameG5395 of fireG4442, and His feetG4228 are likeG3664 burnishedG5474 bronzeG5474, saysG3004 thisG3592:

19‘61I knowG3609 your deedsG2041, and your loveG26 and faithG4102 and serviceG1248 and 62perseveranceG5281, and that your 63deedsG2041 of lateG2078 are greaterG4183 than 64at firstG4413. 20But 65I haveG2192 this againstG2596 you, that you tolerateG863 the womanG1135 66JezebelG2403, who callsG3004 herselfG1438 a prophetessG4398, and she teachesG1321 and leadsG4105 My bond-servantsG1401 astrayG4105 so that they 67commitG4203 acts of immoralityG4203 and eatG2068 thingsG1494 sacrificedG1494 to idolsG1494. 2168I gaveG1325 her timeG5550 to repentG3340, and she 69does not wantG2309 to repentG3340 of her immoralityG4202. 22BeholdG2400, I will throwG906 her 70on a bedG2825 of sickness, and thoseG3588 who 71commitG3431 adulteryG3431 with her into greatG3173 tribulationG2347, unlessG1437G3361 they repentG3340 of 72her deedsG2041. 23And I will killG615 her childrenG5043 with 73pestilenceG2288, and allG3956 the churchesG1577 will knowG1097 that I amG1510 He who 74searchesG2045 the 75mindsG3510 and heartsG2588; and 76I will giveG1325 to eachG1538 oneG1538 of you accordingG2596 to your deedsG2041. 24But I sayG3004 to you, the restG3062 who are in 77ThyatiraG2363, whoG3745 do not holdG2192 thisG3778 teachingG1322, whoG3748 have not knownG1097 the 78deepG901 thingsG901 of SatanG4567, as they callG3004 them--I 79placeG906 noG3756 otherG243 burdenG922 on you. 25NeverthelessG4133 80whatG3739 you haveG2192, holdG2902 fastG2902 81untilG891 I comeG2240. 2682He who overcomesG3528, and he who keepsG5083 My deedsG2041 83untilG891 the endG5056, 84to him I will giveG1325 authorityG1849 overG1909 the 85nationsG1484; 27and he shall 8687ruleG4165 them with a rodG4464 of ironG4603, 88as the vesselsG4632 of the potterG2764 are brokenG4937 to piecesG4937, as I alsoG2532 have receivedG2983 authority from My FatherG3962; 28and I will giveG1325 him 89the morningG4407 starG792. 2990He who hasG2192 an earG3775, let him hearG191 whatG5101 the SpiritG4151 saysG3004 to the churchesG1577.’

Notes

  1. 1. Revelation 2:1 Rev 1:11 ↩
  2. 2. Revelation 2:1 Rev 1:16 ↩
  3. 3. Revelation 2:1 Lit in the middle of ↩
  4. 4. Revelation 2:1 Rev 1:12f ↩
  5. 5. Revelation 2:2 Rev 2:19; 3:1, 8, 15 ↩
  6. 6. Revelation 2:2 Or steadfastness ↩
  7. 7. Revelation 2:2 John 6:6; 1 John 4:1 ↩
  8. 8. Revelation 2:2 2 Cor 11:13 ↩
  9. 9. Revelation 2:3 V 2, note 1 ↩
  10. 10. Revelation 2:3 John 15:21 ↩
  11. 11. Revelation 2:4 Jer 2:2; Matt 24:12 ↩
  12. 12. Revelation 2:5 Rev 2:16, 22; 3:3, 19 ↩
  13. 13. Revelation 2:5 Heb 10:32; Rev 2:2 ↩
  14. 14. Revelation 2:5 Lit first deeds ↩
  15. 15. Revelation 2:5 Matt 5:14ff; Phil 2:15; Rev 1:20 ↩
  16. 16. Revelation 2:6 Rev 2:15 ↩
  17. 17. Revelation 2:7 Matt 11:15; Rev 2:11, 17; 3:6, 13, 22; 13:9 ↩
  18. 18. Revelation 2:7 Rev 2:11, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21; 21:7 ↩
  19. 19. Revelation 2:7 Gen 2:9; 3:22; Prov 3:18; 11:30; 13:12; 15:4; Rev 22:2, 14 ↩
  20. 20. Revelation 2:7 Ezek 28:13; 31:8f; Luke 23:43 ↩
  21. 21. Revelation 2:8 Rev 1:11 ↩
  22. 22. Revelation 2:8 Is 44:6; 48:12; Rev 1:17; 22:13 ↩
  23. 23. Revelation 2:8 Lit became ↩
  24. 24. Revelation 2:8 Rev 1:18 ↩
  25. 25. Revelation 2:9 Rev 1:9 ↩
  26. 26. Revelation 2:9 2 Cor 6:10; 8:9; James 2:5 ↩
  27. 27. Revelation 2:9 2 Cor 6:10; 8:9; James 2:5 ↩
  28. 28. Revelation 2:9 Rev 3:9 ↩
  29. 29. Revelation 2:9 Matt 4:10; Rev 2:13, 24 ↩
  30. 30. Revelation 2:10 Rev 3:10; 13:14ff ↩
  31. 31. Revelation 2:10 Dan 1:12, 14 ↩
  32. 32. Revelation 2:10 Or Prove yourself faithful ↩
  33. 33. Revelation 2:10 Rev 2:13; 12:11; 17:14 ↩
  34. 34. Revelation 2:10 1 Cor 9:25; Rev 3:11 ↩
  35. 35. Revelation 2:11 Matt 11:15; Rev 2:7, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22; 13:9 ↩
  36. 36. Revelation 2:11 Rev 2:7, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21; 21:7 ↩
  37. 37. Revelation 2:11 Rev 20:6, 14; 21:8 ↩
  38. 38. Revelation 2:12 Rev 1:11 ↩
  39. 39. Revelation 2:12 Rev 1:16; 2:16 ↩
  40. 40. Revelation 2:13 Matt 4:10; Rev 2:24 ↩
  41. 41. Revelation 2:13 1 Tim 5:8; Rev 14:12 ↩
  42. 42. Revelation 2:13 Acts 22:20; Rev 1:5; 11:3; 17:6 ↩
  43. 43. Revelation 2:13 Rev 2:10; 12:11; 17:14 ↩
  44. 44. Revelation 2:13 Rev 2:9 ↩
  45. 45. Revelation 2:14 Rev 2:20 ↩
  46. 46. Revelation 2:14 Num 31:16; 2 Pet 2:15 ↩
  47. 47. Revelation 2:14 Num 25:1f; Acts 15:29; 1 Cor 10:20; Rev 2:20 ↩
  48. 48. Revelation 2:15 Rev 2:6 ↩
  49. 49. Revelation 2:16 Rev 2:5 ↩
  50. 50. Revelation 2:16 Rev 22:7, 20 ↩
  51. 51. Revelation 2:16 2 Thess 2:8; Rev 1:16 ↩
  52. 52. Revelation 2:17 Rev 2:7 ↩
  53. 53. Revelation 2:17 Rev 2:7 ↩
  54. 54. Revelation 2:17 Ex 16:33; John 6:49f ↩
  55. 55. Revelation 2:17 Is 56:5; 62:2; 65:15 ↩
  56. 56. Revelation 2:17 Rev 14:3; 19:12 ↩
  57. 57. Revelation 2:18 Rev 1:11; 2:24 ↩
  58. 58. Revelation 2:18 Matt 4:3 ↩
  59. 59. Revelation 2:18 Rev 1:14f ↩
  60. 60. Revelation 2:18 Lit His eyes ↩
  61. 61. Revelation 2:19 Rev 2:2 ↩
  62. 62. Revelation 2:19 Or steadfastness ↩
  63. 63. Revelation 2:19 Lit last deeds ↩
  64. 64. Revelation 2:19 Lit the first ↩
  65. 65. Revelation 2:20 Rev 2:14 ↩
  66. 66. Revelation 2:20 1 Kin 16:31; 21:25; 2 Kin 9:7, 22, 30 ↩
  67. 67. Revelation 2:20 Acts 15:29; 1 Cor 10:20; Rev 2:14 ↩
  68. 68. Revelation 2:21 Rom 2:4; 2 Pet 3:9 ↩
  69. 69. Revelation 2:21 Rom 2:5; Rev 9:20f; 16:9, 11 ↩
  70. 70. Revelation 2:22 Lit into ↩
  71. 71. Revelation 2:22 Rev 17:2; 18:9 ↩
  72. 72. Revelation 2:22 One early ms reads their ↩
  73. 73. Revelation 2:23 Lit death ↩
  74. 74. Revelation 2:23 Ps 7:9; 26:2; 139:1; Jer 11:20; 17:10; Matt 16:27; Luke 16:15; Acts 1:24; Rom 8:27 ↩
  75. 75. Revelation 2:23 Lit kidneys, i.e. inner man ↩
  76. 76. Revelation 2:23 Ps 62:12 ↩
  77. 77. Revelation 2:24 Rev 2:18 ↩
  78. 78. Revelation 2:24 1 Cor 2:10 ↩
  79. 79. Revelation 2:24 Acts 15:28 ↩
  80. 80. Revelation 2:25 Rev 3:11 ↩
  81. 81. Revelation 2:25 John 21:22 ↩
  82. 82. Revelation 2:26 Rev 2:7 ↩
  83. 83. Revelation 2:26 Matt 10:22; Heb 3:6 ↩
  84. 84. Revelation 2:26 Ps 2:8; Rev 3:21; 20:4 ↩
  85. 85. Revelation 2:26 Or Gentiles ↩
  86. 86. Revelation 2:27 Lit shepherd ↩
  87. 87. Revelation 2:27 Ps 2:9; Rev 12:5; 19:15 ↩
  88. 88. Revelation 2:27 Is 30:14; Jer 19:11 ↩
  89. 89. Revelation 2:28 1 John 3:2; Rev 22:16 ↩
  90. 90. Revelation 2:29 Rev 2:7 ↩

Commentaries on Revelation 2

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