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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 2:2

works. The Lord deals according to works in "the day of the Lord". See Isaiah 66:18 . thy. Omit. labour = toil. The verb in Revelation 2:3 and Matthew 6:28 . patience. As in Revelation 2:3 with Revelation 1:9 . See Romans 2:7 . bear. Gr . bastazo. In Rev. here, Revelation 2:3 ; Revelation 17:7 (carrieth). evil. App-128 . hast tried = didst try. say they. The texts read "call themselves". apostles. App-189 . hast found = didst find. liars. Greek. pseudes. Only here; Revelation 21:8... 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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 2:4

hast left = didst leave. thy, &c. Compare Deuteronomy 7:7-9 . Jeremiah 2:1 , Jeremiah 2:2 .Ezekiel 16:6-10 . love. App-135 . Only here and Revelation 2:19 in Rev. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:2

I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;I know ... This clause appears throughout the letters, reminding all people that, "All things are naked and open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do" (Hebrews 4:13).Works ... toil ... patience ... Like the other letters, except in cases where no commendation was possible, this one begins with the Lord's... 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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:4

But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.What a shocker is such a statement as this. The charge is not that they were in danger of leaving their first love, but that they had already done so! A lot of ink has been wasted on the explanation of "what" exactly was their first love. The first love of every true church is our Lord himself; and what is indicated here is the departure (in heart) of the Ephesian church from their Lord who had redeemed them. Oh yes, they were... read more

Thomas Coke

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

Revelation 2:2. I know thy works, &c.— Our Saviour having begun with telling the angel, that He holds the seven stars in his right hand, (that is, "directs the angels or bishops of the seven churches,") and that He walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, or lamp-sconces; that is, views, considers, protects, and governs them; it is no wonder that he should know here, and in every one of the rest, what is done therein! read more

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 2:2

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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 2:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:4

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

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