Revelation 2:2 ESV

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:1-7

1-7 These churches were in such different states as to purity of doctrine and the power of godliness, that the words of Christ to them will always suit the cases of other churches, and professors. Christ knows and observes their state; though in heaven, yet he walks in the midst of his churches on earth, observing what is wrong in them, and what they want. The church of Ephesus is commended for diligence in duty. Christ keeps an account of every hour's work his servants do for him, and their... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Revelation 2:1-99

Revelation 2 CHAPTERS 2 AND 3 “the things which are” may be read in three ways. First, as a record of the state of seven churches in the Province of Asia as the first century drew to its close. By then all the Apostles, save the aged John, were gone, and their shepherd care no longer available. Various dangers were discerned and uncovered by the Lord, and various declensions, defections and defilements exposed. Of the seven only two churches, the first and the seventh, are alluded to elsewhere... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Revelation 2:1-7

The letter to the congregation at Ephesus: v. 1. Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write: These things saith Re that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: v. 2. I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil; and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars; v. 3. and hast borne, and hast patience, and for My name's sake hast... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Revelation 2:1-29

SPECIAL DOCTRINO-ETHICAL AND HOMILETICAL NOTES (ADDENDUM)Section ThirdEarth-picture of the Seven Churches. The Seven Epistles (Chs. 2, 3)General.—The seven Churches as real portraits and at the same time as typical pictures of the whole Church, as regards (1) local extension and (2) chronological development.—The seven Churches as the centre of the seven loosed Seals or unveiled worldly history; as the occasion for the seven penitential Trumpets for the world in the Church and the Church in the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Revelation 2:1-7

Renew Thy First Love Revelation 2:1-7 Each of these letters consists of three parts: 1. The introduction, specifying some characteristic from the vision of the preceding chapter, which is appropriate to the need of the church addressed. 2. A description of the condition of the church. 3. A promise to the overcomer, following the successive revelations of God in the Old Testament, which begin with the tree of life and include the manna, the conquest of Canaan, the glory of the Temple, and the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:1-29

The next movement in the Book consists of the unveiling of the Lord in His relation with the Asian churches, and therefore with His Church. It is impossible in such brief notes as these necessarily are to deal with the details of these letters. They may be treated in two ways. The first is the revelation of differing Church conditions continuing throughout the whole of the Christian era. The second is treating them as covering successive periods in that same era. We may now follow the latter... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Revelation 2:1-11

The Churches at Ephesus and Smyrna Revelation 2:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In the second and third chapters of the Book of Revelation, God has recorded for us His messages to the seven Churches of Asia. The question which comes before us is this: Do the messages to those Churches have anything to do with the churches of today? Do they all fit our churches, or is it, as some have felt, true that only the seventh Church fits and parallels the church of our own hour? There are some questions,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:1-29

Messages To The Seven Churches (Revelation 2:1 to Revelation 3:22 ). The Son of Man now gives John messages to the seven churches. Each of them follows a general pattern. Firstly an introduction based on John’s vision (‘the things you saw’), secondly the state of the church and various warnings (‘the things which are’), and finally future events and the promises to the overcomers (‘the things which shall be hereafter’). Among other things they follow the pattern of Israel’s history as a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:2-3

‘I know your works and your labour and your patient endurance, and that you cannot bear evil men, and you tried those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them false, and you have patience and have endured for my name’s sake and have not grown weary.’ In many ways this appears an exemplary church, good-living, hardworking, resilient, enduring, unaccepting of wrongdoing, but they lack one thing. They have become bogged down. They are so busy that they are losing sight of Christ.... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:1-7

Revelation 2:1-Judges : . The Letter to the Church at Ephesus. Revelation 2:1 . Ephesus was the capital of the Roman province of Asia ( Revelation 1:4 *). The worship of Artemis, for which it was notorious, is referred to in Acts 19, which also gives an account of Paul’ s three years’ work in the city. Paul’ s speech to the elders of Ephesus ( Acts 20:18-Habakkuk :) throws no little light on the character of the church. The Epistle to the Ephesians is probably a circular letter, but there can... read more

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:1-7

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Revelation 2:1-99

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Revelation 2:1-7

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Revelation 2:1-29

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Revelation 2:1-7

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Revelation 2:1-29

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Revelation 2:1-11

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:1-29

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:2-3

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 2:1-7

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