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The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:1-7

The words of Christ from eternity to the congregation at Ephesus. "Unto the angel of the Church of Ephesus," etc. The quality of words, whether weak or potent, pure or unvirtuous, useful or otherwise, depends evermore upon the character of the author. Hence the words of truly great men, intellectually and morally great, are the most blessed of all the blessed things we have; they are the organs of the highest light and choicest life. Hence the words of Christ have a value unsurpassed and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:3

The text followed in the Authorized Version is here very corrupt; we must read with the Revised Version, And thou hast patience (as in Revelation 2:2 ), and didst bear for my Name's sake, and hast not grown weary . The last verb ( κεκοπίακες ) is closely akin to toil ( κόπος ) in Revelation 2:2 . The seeming contradiction between "I know thy toil" and "thou hast not toiled" has caused confusion in the text. Yet οὐ κεκοπίακες does not mean "thou hast not toiled," but "thou... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:4

But I have (this) against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love . The Authorized Version unwarrantably softens the censure by inserting "somewhat;" the Greek means rather, "I have (this grave thing) against thee." In "hath aught against thee" ( Matthew 5:23 ) and "have aught against any" ( Mark 11:25 ), the "aught" ( τι ) is expressed in the Greek; here nothing is expressed. "Thy first love" is expressed very emphatically with the article repeated; "thy love, thy first one." The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:4

Going back in the ways of God. "Nevertheless I have … first love." There is no stage of our heavenward journey that is so hard as that which we go over for the third time. When in the ardour of our first love we first traversed that part of the road, we went along vigorously, with a strong elastic step. And when we went back, though we went slowly enough at first, like as when the boy's ball, which he has flung high into the air, when ceasing its upward ascent, begins to descend, that... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:3

And hast borne - Hast borne up under trials; or hast borne with the evils with which you have been assailed. That is, you have not given way to murmuring or complaints in trial, you have not abandoned the principles of truth and yielded to the prevalence of error.And hast patience - That is, in this connection, hast shown that thou canst bear up under these things with patience. This is a repetition of what is said in Revelation 2:2, but in a somewhat different connection. There it rather... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:4

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee - Notwithstanding this general commendation, there are things which I cannot approve.Because thou hast left thy first love - Thou hast “remitted” (ἀφῆκας aphēkas) or let down thy early love; that is, it is less glowing and ardent than it was at first. The love here referred to is evidently love to the Saviour; and the idea is, that, as a church, they had less of this than formerly characterized them. In this respect they were in a state of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 2:2-3

Revelation 2:2-3. I know Jesus knows all the good and all the evil which his servants and his enemies suffer and do. Weighty words, I know! How dreadful will it one day sound to the wicked, how sweet to the righteous! The churches and their angels must have been astonished to find their several states so exactly described, even in the absence of the apostle, and could not but acknowledge the all-seeing eye of Christ and of his Spirit. With regard to us, to every one of us also he saith, ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 2:4

Revelation 2:4. Nevertheless, I have somewhat to allege against thee Exemplary as thou art in many respects; or, as somewhat is not in the original, the verse may be properly read, I have against thee that thou hast left thy first love Namely, the zeal and fervour of it, which thou didst manifest to me and my cause; that love for which the church at Ephesus was so eminent when St. Paul wrote his epistle to them. Neither they nor their pastors need to have left this; they might have... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:1-7

Letter to Ephesus (2:1-7)Over the years the church at Ephesus had been troubled constantly by false teachers, as Paul had warned (cf. Acts 20:17,Acts 20:29-30). The false teaching condemned in Paul’s letters to Timothy and in the letters of John was centred in Ephesus. Later the church in Ephesus was troubled by the Nicolaitans, who taught that Christians could best demonstrate their freedom from rules and regulations by eating food that had been offered to idols and joining in immoral... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 2:3

hast, &c. The texts read "and hast patient endurance and didst bear (Revelation 2:2 ) for", &c. for . . . sake. App-104 .Revelation 2:2 . name's. See Act 6:41 . fainted = wearied. Greek. kamno. Only here; Hebrews 12:3 .James 5:15 (sick). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 2:2-3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 2:4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:1-7

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 2:3

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