Revelation 2:5
So remember how far you've fallen—repent and go back to what you were doing at first. Otherwise I'll come to you and I will remove your candlestick from where it is—unless you repent.
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In Context
4But I have something against you: you have neglected your first love.
6However, you do have this to your credit: you hate the actions of the Nicolaitans, just as I do.
Cross References
Isaiah 14:12Morning star, son of the dawn, how you have fallen from heaven! Destroyer of nations, you have been cut down to the ground!
Ezekiel 16:61Then you will remember the way you are meant to live and be ashamed when you meet your older and younger sisters when they return to you. I will give them to you as daughters, even though this was not part of our original agreement.
Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your evil ways and terrible things you've done, and you'll hate yourselves for your sins and disgusting actions.
Hosea 14:1Return, Israel, to the Lord your God, because your sins have brought you down.
Malachi 4:6He will restore harmony between parents and children, and if that does not happen, I will come and strike the land with a curse.
Matthew 24:48But if he was evil, the servant would say to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time,’
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 →