Revelation 2:1

To the agent of the congregation in Ephesus write, These things says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

In Context

2I know thy works, and thy toil, and thy perseverance, and that thou cannot tolerate evil, and thou examined those who say themselves to be apostles, and are not, and found them false.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 46:10And the ruler, when they go in, shall go in in the midst of them, and when they go forth, they shall go forth [together].

Matthew 28:20teaching them to observe all things, as many as I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age. Truly.

Revelation 1:11saying, What thou see, write in a book and send to the seven congregations: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

Revelation 1:20The mystery of the seven stars that thou saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are agents of the seven congregations, and the seven lampstands that thou saw are the seven congregations.

Revelation 2:12And to the agent of the congregation in Pergamos write, These things says he who has the sharp two-edged sword:

Revelation 3:1And to the agent of the congregation in Sardis write, These things says he who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou have a name that thou live, and thou are dead.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 2:1

The apostle John, having in the foregoing chapter written the things which he had seen, now proceeds to write the things that are, according to the command of God ( ch. i. 19 ), that is, the present state of the seven churches of Asia, with which he had a particular acquaintance, and for which he had a tender concern. He was directed to write to every one of them according to their present state and circumstances, and to inscribe every letter to the angel of that church, to the minister or rather ministry of that… Read the whole commentary →

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