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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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:5

The exhortation and threat are clear as trumpet notes: "Remember, repent, and return, or I will return and remove thee." A modem heathen philosophy teaches us that in this world to be happy is to forget. That is not the teaching of Christ. The past is both an encouragement and a warning to us; therefore "remember." Some have to remember heights from which they have fallen; others, depths from which they have been raised; others again, both. Cicero ('Ad. Att.,' 4.16) would remember the one and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:6

They are again commended for their good points. But it is possible to hate what Christ hates without loving what he loves. It is possible to hate false doctrine and lawlessness, and yet be formal and dead one's self. Who the Nicolaitans were we cannot now determine with certainty. The name Nicolaus may be intended as a Greek equivalent of Balaam, but this is by no means certain. Irenaeus and Clement of Alexandria write as if the sect of Nicolaitans existed in their day. A common belief was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:7

He that hath an ear, let him hear . These solemn conclusions of these epistles remind us of the conclusion of many of Christ's parables. It is very noteworthy that, although the epistle is addressed in each case to a Church in the person of its angel, yet the concluding exhortation and promise are always addressed to the individual Christian. Each must hear for himself. His Church may perish, yet, if he overcomes, he shall live. His Church may be crowned with eternal life, yet, if he is... read more

Albert Barnes

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

I know thy works - The common formula with which all the epistles to the seven churches are introduced. It is designed to impress upon them deeply the conviction that he was intimately acquainted with all that they did, good and bad, and that therefore he was abundantly qualified to dispense rewards or administer punishments according to truth and justice. It may be observed that, as many of the things referred to in these epistles were things pertaining to the heart - the feelings, the state... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:5

Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen - The eminence which you once occupied. Call to remembrance the state in which you once were. The duty here enjoined is, when religion has declined in our hearts, or in the church, to call to distinct recollection the former state - the ardor, the zeal, the warmth of love which once characterized us. The reason for this is, that such a recalling of the former state will be likely to produce a happy influence on the heart. Nothing is better adapted... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 2:7

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

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

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:5

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