Revelation 2:3 NIV

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

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

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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:3

and thou hast patience and didst bear for my name's sake, and hast not grown weary.Thou hast patience ... Here again is the word which means not merely a passive submission to what must be endured, but the dynamic ability of endurance and faithfulness without discouragement by any or all difficulties.For my name's sake ... The New Testament emphasis upon the name of the Lord is extensive. Salvation is in no other name (Acts 4:12); all Christian activities are to be done in his name (Colossians... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 2:3

Revelation 2:3. And hast borne,— "And I know thou hast sustained, with exemplary fortitude, the trouble they have given thee; and hast exercised invincible patience under all thy sufferings and trials in my cause; and thou hast laboured constantly and tenaciously for my name's sake, and to establish the faith of my people; and hast not fainted under thy toils or tribulations." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:3

3. borne . . . patience—The oldest manuscripts transpose these words. Then translate as Greek, "persevering endurance . . . borne." "Thou hast borne" My reproach, but "thou canst not bear the evil" ( :-). A beautiful antithesis. and . . . hast laboured, and hast not fainted—The two oldest manuscripts and oldest versions read, "and . . . hast not labored," omitting "and hast fainted." The difficulty which transcribers by English Version reading tried to obviate, was the seeming contradiction, "I... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 2:1-7

A. The letter to the church in Ephesus 2:1-7Jesus Christ told John to write the letter to the church in Ephesus to commend the Ephesian Christians for their labors and perseverance in God’s truth. He also wanted to exhort them to rekindle their former love for the Savior. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 2:2-3

2. Commendation 2:2-3 (cf. Revelation 2:6)The Greek word oida, translated "know" (Revelation 2:2), reflects full and exact knowledge from absolute clearness of vision and is always the word used to describe Christ’s knowledge in Revelation. [Note: Swete., p. 24] The other Greek word for knowledge, ginosko, speaks of progress of knowledge in Revelation.This church had remained faithful to Jesus Christ for over 40 years. He approved of the good works of these believers-their toil in His service,... 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

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

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:1-7

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 2:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 2:1-7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 2:2-3

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

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