Revelation 2:15
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.
In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
16 Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.
17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
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
- In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
- KJV
- So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
- WEB
- So also you likewise have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
- ASV
- So hast thou also some that hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans in like manner.
- DARBY
- So thou also hast those who hold the doctrine of Nicolaitanes in like manner.
- BLB
- So you also have [some] holding the teaching of the Nicolaitans likewise.
- ÅB
- slik har også du noen som i like måte holder fast ved nikolaittenes lære.
- OTB
- På samme måte har du også noen som holder fast ved nikolaittenes lære.
- B1930
- således har også du nogen som i like måte holder fast ved nikolaittenes lære.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 2:6
But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
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