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Revelation 2:1 KJV
Revelation · chapter 2 · verse 1
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;Revelation 2:1 · King James Version
Revelation 2:1 in context
1Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
2I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
3And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
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Key words (Strong's)
- Ephesusephesinosa native or inhabitant of EphesusG2179 →
- holdethkrateōto have power, be powerful, to be chief, be master of, to rule, to get possession of, to…G2902 →
- walkethperipateōto walk, to make one s way, progress to make due use of opportunities, Hebrew for, to…G4043 →
- churchekklēsiaa gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly…G1577 →
- angelangelosa messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from GodG32 →
- writegraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
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We have here, I. The inscription, where observe, 1. To whom the first of these epistles is directed: To the church of Ephesus, a famous church planted by the apostle Paul (Acts 19), and afterwards watered and governed by John, who had his residence very much there.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7