Revelation 2:19 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:19

I know thy works - See the notes on Revelation 2:2. He knew all they had done, good and bad.And charity - Love; love to God, and love to man. There is no reason for restricting this word here to the comparatively narrow sense which it now bears. Compare the notes on 1 Corinthians 13:1.And service - Greek, “ministry” - διακονίαν diakonian. The word would seem to include all the service which the church had rendered in the cause of religion; all which was the proper fruit of love, or which would... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 2:19

Revelation 2:19. I know thy works Of piety and mercy; and charity Or love, rather. How different a character is this from that of the angel of the church at Ephesus! The latter could not bear the wicked, and hated the works of the Nicolaitanes; but he had left his first love and first works. The former retained his first love, and had more and more works, but bore with the wicked; did not withstand them with becoming vehemence. Mixed characters both; yet the latter, not the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:18-29

Letter to Thyatira (2:18-29)There had been considerable progress in the church at Thyatira (18-19). Yet this church also had been corrupted by teaching that encouraged participation in idol feasts and their associated immorality.In Pergamum the false teachers were men and were likened to Balaam. In Thyatira the teacher was a woman and is likened to Jezebel, whose false religion was similarly characterized by idolatry and immorality (20; cf. 1 Kings 16:31-33; 2 Kings 9:22; 2 Kings 9:22). This... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 2:19

and. These "ands" form the Figure of speech Polysyndeton. App-6 . charity = love, as Revelation 2:4 . service. App-190 . faith. App-150 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:19

I know thy works, and thy love and faith and ministry and patience, and that thy last works are more than the first.Such a glowing tribute as this leads one to wonder what could be wrong with a church like that. But despite their faith, love and works, increased and expanded, a cancer was gnawing away at the vitals of the congregation, and that problem would lead to the burden of the message. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 2:19

Revelation 2:19. I know thy works, &c.— "I know and approve thy works of piety, which are many, and which, I am well apprised, are the effects of ardent love to me; and I am well-acquainted with the service thou art performing for my cause and interest, and with thy faith and thy patience; and that, with respect to thy works, the last are more, greater, and better than the first. Very far art thou from that declining state of religion, of which I have had reason elsewhere to complain." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:19

19. The oldest manuscripts transpose the English Version order, and read, "faith and service." The four are subordinate to "thy works"; thus, "I know thy works, even the love and the faith (these two forming one pair, as 'faith works by love,' :-), and the service (ministration to the suffering members of the Church, and to all in spiritual or temporal need), and the endurance of (that is, shown by) thee (this pronoun belongs to all four)." As love is inward, so service is its outward... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 2:18-29

D. The letter to the church in Thyatira 2:18-29Jesus Christ sent this letter to commend some in this church for their service, orthodoxy, and fidelity, and to warn others in it to turn from false teaching and sinful practices. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 2:19

2. Commendation 2:19In many particulars some in this church were praiseworthy. They were strong in good deeds, love for others, trust in God, service of their Savior, and patient endurance in trials. Moreover they had become even more zealous recently. Love shows itself in service, and faith demonstrates itself in perseverance through persecution. [Note: J. P. Lange, "The Revelation of John," in Lange’s Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, p. 121.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:1-29

The Epistles to the Seven Churches (Revelation 2:1 to Revelation 3:22)Since ’seven’ is the perfect number, the ’seven churches’ represent all the Churches of the province of Asia. At the same time, the special circumstances of each Church are faithfully pictured in each epistle. Ramsay points out that St. John alludes, as well, to the special circumstances of each city. He suggests that the Churches are mentioned in the order in which a messenger carrying letters would travel. The letters,... read more