But this thou hast that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

[a]Let him that hath an ear hear what the Spirit saith unto the Churches: To him that overcometh, will I give to eat of the tree of life which is in [b]the midst of the [c]Paradise of God.

[d]And unto the Angel of the Church of the [e]Smyrnians write, These things saith he that is first and last, which was dead and is alive.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 2:7 The conclusion, containing a commandment of attention and a promise of everlasting life, shadowed out in a figure of which, Gen. 2:9.
  2. Revelation 2:7 That is, in Paradise after the manner of the Hebrew phrase.
  3. Revelation 2:7 Thus Christ speaketh as the Mediator.
  4. Revelation 2:8 The second place is unto the Pastors of the Church of the Smyrnians. The exordium is taken out of verses 17 and 18 of the first Chap.
  5. Revelation 2:8 Smyrna was one of the cities of Ionia in Asia.

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