Revelation 2:7
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.
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.
9 I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
- WEB
- He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
- ASV
- He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
- DARBY
- He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him that overcomes, I will give to him to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.
- BLB
- The one having an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one overcoming, I will give to him to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
- ÅB
- Den som har øre, han høre hva Ånden sier til menighetene: Den som seirer, ham vil jeg gi å spise av livsens tre, som er i Guds Paradis!
- OTB
- La dem som har ører høre hva Ånden sier til menighetene. Til den som overvinner, vil jeg gi retten til å spise fra livets tre, som er i Guds Paradis.
- B1930
- Den som har øre, han høre hvad Ånden sier til menighetene: Den som seirer, ham vil jeg gi å ete av livsens tre, som er i Guds Paradis!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 2:11
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.
Read in contextRevelation 2:17
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.
Read in contextMatthew 11:15
He who has ears, let him hear.
Read in contextMatthew 13:43
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
Read in contextRevelation 13:9
He who has an ear, let him hear:
Read in contextMatthew 13:9
He who has ears, let him hear.”
Read in contextRevelation 3:12–13
The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
Read in contextRevelation 3:21–22
To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
Read in context