Revelation 2
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Revelation 2:1-7

1“To the angel of the church in 1Ephesus write:

The One who holds 2the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks 34among the seven golden lampstands, says this:

2‘5I know your deeds and your labor and 6perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people, and you have 7put those who call themselves 8apostles to the test, and they are not, and you found them to be false; 3and you have 9perseverance and have endured 10on account of My name, and have not become weary. 4But I have this against you, that you have 11left your first love. 5Therefore, remember from where you have fallen, and 12repent, and 13do the 14deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and I will remove your 15lampstand from its place--unless you repent. 6But you have this, that you hate the deeds of the 16Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 717The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 18To the one who overcomes, I will grant to eat from 19the tree of life, which is in the 20Paradise of God.’

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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 Or steadfastness ↩
  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 ↩

Commentaries on Revelation 2

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