Revelation 2:1

To the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands;

Revised King James 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 labour, and your patience, and how you cannot bear those who are evil, and how you have tested those who say they are apostles, and are not, and have found them to be liars;

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Cross References

Matthew 28:20Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

Revelation 1:11Saying, What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamum, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

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

Revelation 2:12And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write; These are the words of him who has the sharp sword with two edges;

Revelation 3:1And to the angel of the church in Sardis write; These are the words of him who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are 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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