Revelation: verse by verse

[RitaKay]

Revelation 2:1

"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 2:2

I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 2:3

You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 2:4

Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Revelation 2:5
Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

 

[doc329]

Revelation 2:6
But this thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 2:7

Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Revelation 2:8

To the Church in Smyrna
8 “To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:

These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again.

 

[doc329]

Revelation 2:9
I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of them that say they are Jews, and they art not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Revelation 2:10
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Beware, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have affliction. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 2:11

Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.

 

[doc329]

Revelation 2:12
and to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These things saith he that hath the sharp two-edged sword:

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 2:13

I know where you live--where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city--where Satan lives.

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel, so that they would eat food sacrificed to idols and practice fornication.

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 2:15

Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Revelation 2:16
Repent then. If not, I will come to you soon and make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

 

[doc329]

Revelation 2:17
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 2:18

"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

 

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Revelation 2:19
“I know your works—your love, faith, service, and patient endurance. I know that your last works are greater than the first.

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 2:20

Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.