Revelation 2:16

'Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Young's Literal Translation

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

15so hast thou, even thou, those holding the teaching of the Nicolaitans — which thing I hate.

17He who is having an ear — let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming, I will give to him to eat from the hidden manna, and will give to him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, that no one knew except him who is receiving [it].

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Cross References

Isaiah 49:2And he maketh my mouth as a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He hath hid me, And He maketh me for a clear arrow, In His quiver He hath hid me.

Ephesians 6:17and the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God,

Revelation 1:16and having in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword is proceeding, and his countenance [is] as the sun shining in its might.

Revelation 2:12'And to the messenger of the assembly in Pergamos write: These things saith he who is having the sharp two-edged sword:

Revelation 3:19'As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;

Revelation 19:15and out of his mouth doth proceed a sharp sword, that with it he may smite the nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he doth tread the press of the wine of the wrath and the anger of God the Almighty,

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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