Revelation 2:12
10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.
13 I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
14 But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.
- KJV
- And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
- WEB
- “To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: “He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
- ASV
- and to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These things saith he that hath the sharp two-edged sword:
- DARBY
- And to the angel of the assembly in Pergamos write: These things says he that has the sharp two-edged sword:
- BLB
- And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These things says the One having the sharp two-edged sword.
- ÅB
- Og skriv til engelen for menigheten i Pergamum: Dette sier han som har det tveeggede skarpe sverd:
- OTB
- "Til engelen for menigheten i Pergamon skriv: Dette er ordene fra Ham som har det skarpe, tveeggede sverdet.
- B1930
- Og skriv til engelen for menigheten i Pergamum: Dette sier han som har det tveeggede skarpe sverd:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 2:16
Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.
Read in contextRevelation 1:16
He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
Read in contextHebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Read in contextRevelation 19:15
And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
Read in contextRevelation 1:11
saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
Read in contextIsaiah 11:4
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
Read in contextRevelation 19:21
And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
Read in contextRevelation 2:1
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.
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