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Revelation 2:6 KJV
Revelation · chapter 2 · verse 6
But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.Revelation 2:6 · King James Version
Revelation 2:6 in context
4Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
5Remember 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.
6But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
7He 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.
8And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- NicolaitansnikolaitēsNicolaitans = "destruction of people", a sect mentioned in Rev. 2 6,15, who were charged…G3531 →
- hatestmiseōto hate, pursue with hatred, detest, to be hated, detestedG3404 →
- deedsergonbusiness, employment, that which any one is occupied, that which one undertakes to do…G2041 →
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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