Revelation 2:21

And I gave her time that she might repent; and she will not repent of her fornication.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.

In Context

20But I have against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel[2:20], who calls herself a prophetess; and she teaches and seduces my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things offered to idols.

22Behold, I cast her into a bed, and those who together with her commit adultery, into great affliction, if they repent not of their works[2:22].

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Cross References

Romans 2:4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God is leading thee to repentance;

1 Peter 3:20who were disobedient in times past, when the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing, wherein a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;

2 Peter 3:15And the long-suffering of our Lord account salvation; as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you;

Revelation 16:9And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who has the power over these plagues, and repented not, to give him glory.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 2:19-29

The Church in Thyatira. ( a. d. 95.) 18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; 19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. 20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit… Read the whole commentary →

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