Revelation 2:7
He, that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: To him, that overcometh, I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of my God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaites, which I also hate.
Cross References
Genesis 3:22And he said: Behold Adam is become as one of us, knowing good and evil: now, therefore, lest perhaps he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the just man is a tree of life: and he that gaineth souls, is wise.
Proverbs 15:4A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.
Ezekiel 31:8The cedars in the paradise of God wars not higher than he, the fir trees did not equal his top, neither were the plane trees to be compared with him for branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty.
Matthew 13:9He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Mark 7:15There is nothing from without a man that entering into him, can defile him. But the things which come from a man, those are they that defile a man.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 2:2-8
The Church in Ephesus. ( a. d. 95.) 1 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; 2 I know thy works, and thy labour, 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: 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 4… Read the whole commentary →