Revelation 2:5
3 Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.
4 But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.
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.
7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
- WEB
- Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.
- ASV
- Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.
- DARBY
- Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works: but if not, I am coming to thee, and I will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou shalt repent.
- BLB
- Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent, and do the first works. But if not, I am coming to you, and I will remove your lampstand out of its place, unless you should repent.
- ÅB
- Kom derfor i hu hva du er falt ifra, og omvend deg og gjør de første gjerninger! ellers kommer jeg over deg og vil flytte din lysestake fra dens sted, hvis du ikke omvender deg.
- OTB
- Husk hvor du har falt fra! Omvend deg og gjør de gjerninger du gjorde først. Hvis du ikke omvender deg, vil jeg komme til deg og flytte din lysestake fra dens plass.
- B1930
- Kom derfor i hu hvad du er falt ifra, og omvend dig og gjør de første gjerninger! ellers kommer jeg over dig og vil flytte din lysestake fra dens sted, hvis du ikke omvender dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 3:2–3
Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.
Read in contextRevelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
Read in contextRevelation 2:16
Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.
Read in contextHosea 14:1
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
Read in contextActs 17:30–31
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
Read in contextRevelation 2:21–22
Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.
Read in contextEzekiel 20:43
There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.
Read in contextMalachi 4:6
And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
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