Revelation 2:4
Nevertheless I have somewhat against you, because you have left your first love. (o. agape)
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
In Context
3And have borne, and have patience, and for my name's sake have laboured, and have not fainted.
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:2Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of yours espousals, when you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Matthew 25:7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
Philippians 3:13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
2 Thessalonians 1:3We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith grows exceedingly, and the love (o. agape) of every one of you all toward each other abounds;
Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you, because you have there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Revelation 3:14And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
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 →