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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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 2:5

Revelation 2:5. Remember therefore, &c. It is not possible for any church, or individual Christian, whether public teacher or private member, that has lost the first love, to recover it, but by taking the three steps here spoken of. 1st, Remember; 2d, Repent; 3d, Do the first works. Remember from whence thou art fallen From what degree of faith, love, holiness, though perhaps insensibly; and repent Have a deep and lively conviction of thy fall, be humbled and truly sorry for it... 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 2:1

Unto = To. angel. See Revelation 1:20 . church. App-186 . Ephesus. Not for those addressed in Ephesians, on whom all blessing is bestowed by grace. Here blessing is promised to overcomers only. holdeth. Occurs eight times in Rev. Compare App-172 . See Colossians 2:19 . Hebrews 4:14 ; &c. seven stars. See Revelation 1:16 , Revelation 1:20 . candlesticks. See Revelation 1:12 , Revelation 1:13 , and compare Leviticus 26:12 .Deuteronomy 23:14 , &c. 2 Corinthians 6:16 . 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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 2:5

from. Omit. art fallen = hast fallen. repent. Compare Leviticus 26:40-42 .Deuteronomy 30:1-3 .Daniel 9:3 , Daniel 9:4 .Matthew 4:17 . Acts 2:38 ; &c. Contrast Ephesians 1:3 . App-111 . else = if ( App-118 ) not ( App-105 ). will. Omit. quickly. The texts omit. remove = move, as Revelation 6:14 . except. If ( App-118 ) not ( App-105 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:1

REV:2This chapter contains the first four of the seven letters to the churches which received these special communications from the Lord Jesus Christ through the apostle John as intermediary, these being: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum and Thyatira. But what do the letters mean? Are they to be understood as prophetic revelations regarding the seven successive ages of church history? Many scholars, of course, who take such view of them rather confidently interpret these seven ages of the church... 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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 2:5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 2:1-7

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 2:1

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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 2:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 2:1

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