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Revelation 2:4

Love for othersRepentance

2 I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.

3 Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.

But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.

5 Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

6 But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

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BSB
But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.
KJV
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
WEB
But I have this against you, that you left your first love.
ASV
But I have [this] against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.
DARBY
but I have against thee, that thou hast left thy first love.
BLB
But I have against you that you abandoned your first love.
ÅB
Men jeg har imot deg at du har forlatt din første kjærlighet.
OTB
Men jeg har dette imot deg: Du har forlatt den kjærlighet du hadde først.
B1930
Men jeg har imot dig at du har forlatt din første kjærlighet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 24:12–13

    Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

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  • Jeremiah 2:2–5

    “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

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  • Hebrews 6:10–11

    For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

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  • Philippians 1:9

    And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

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  • 2 Thessalonians 1:3

    We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.

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  • Revelation 3:14–17

    To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 4:9–10

    Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

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  • Philippians 3:13–16

    Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

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