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Revelation 2:6

4 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.

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.

8 To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.

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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.

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BSB
But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
KJV
But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
WEB
But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
ASV
But this thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
DARBY
But this thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitanes, which *I* also hate.
BLB
But you have this, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
ÅB
Men dette har du at du hater nikolaittenes gjerninger, som jeg og hater.
OTB
Men du har dette til din fordel: du avskyr nikolaittenes gjerninger, som jeg også avskyr.
B1930
Men dette har du at du hater nikolaittenes gjerninger, som jeg og hater.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 26:5

    I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.

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  • Psalms 101:3

    I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

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  • 2 John 1:9–10

    Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.

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  • Revelation 2:14–15

    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.

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  • 2 Chronicles 19:2

    Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

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  • Psalms 139:21–22

    Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?

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