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Revelation 2:16

Therefore repent, or else, I will come quickly and contend with such people with words that will cut like a sword.

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In The King James Version

Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

In Context

15Again you have among you those who hold in the same way to the teaching of the Nikolaitans.

17Let those who have ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To those who conquer – to them I will give a share of the mystic manna, and I will give them a white stone; and on the stone will be inscribed a new name, which no one knows except the person who receives it.

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Cross References

Ephesians 6:17And receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit – which is the message of God – always with prayer and supplication.

Revelation 1:16in his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun in the fulness of its power.

Revelation 2:12“To the angel of the church in Pergamus write: These are the words of him who holds the sharp two-edged sword:

Revelation 3:19All whom I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be in earnest and repent.

Revelation 19:15From his mouth comes a sharp sword, with which to smite the nations; and he will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the grapes in the press of the maddening wine of the wrath of Almighty God;

Matthew Henry on Revelation 2:13-18

The Church in Pergamos. ( a. d. 95.) 12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; 13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. 14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to… Read the whole commentary →

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