Revelation 2:21

I gave her time to repent of her sexual sins, but she's not willing to repent.

Free Bible Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20But I have something against you: you are allowing the woman called Jezebel who calls herself a prophetess to teach my followers, leading them astray into sexual sins, and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

22So I'm throwing her into a bed together with her adulterous partners and they will suffer terribly unless they repent of what they have done with her.

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Cross References

Romans 2:4Or is it that you're treating his wonderful kindness, tolerance, and patience with contempt, not realizing that God in his kindness is trying to lead you to repent?

1 Peter 3:20that refused to believe, when God patiently waited in the time of Noah while the ark was being built. Only a few—in fact eight people—were saved “through water.”

2 Peter 3:15Remember that it is our Lord's patience that gives the opportunity for salvation. That's what our dear brother Paul was explaining to you in all his letters with the wisdom given to him by God.

Revelation 16:9They were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God who controlled these plagues. They did not repent and 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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