Revelation 2:1

To the angel of the Church in Ephesus, write. These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, and who walks among the seven golden candlesticks.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

2I know your works and your toil and stedfastness, and that you cannot endure evil men, and that you tested those who called themselves apostles, though they are not, and how you found them false.

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Cross References

Matthew 28:20teaching them to observe every command which I have given you. and lo! I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."

Revelation 1:11saying, "Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and Sardis and Philadelphia and Laodicea."

Revelation 1:20The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks, is this. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks are the seven churches."

Revelation 2:12And to the angel of the Church in Pergamum, write These are the words of Him who holds the sharp two-edged sword.

Revelation 3:1To the angel of the Church at Sardis, write. These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your works, that you have the name of being alive, but are really dead.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 2:1

The apostle John, having in the foregoing chapter written the things which he had seen, now proceeds to write the things that are, according to the command of God ( ch. i. 19 ), that is, the present state of the seven churches of Asia, with which he had a particular acquaintance, and for which he had a tender concern. He was directed to write to every one of them according to their present state and circumstances, and to inscribe every letter to the angel of that church, to the minister or rather ministry of that… Read the whole commentary →

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