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19 I know thy works, and thy love and faith and ministry and [a]patience, and that thy last works are more than the first. 20 But I have this against thee, that thou sufferest [b]the woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a prophetess; and she teacheth and seduceth my [c]servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 And I gave her time that she should repent; and she willeth not to repent of her fornication.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 2:19 Or, stedfastness
  2. Revelation 2:20 Many authorities, some ancient, read thy wife.
  3. Revelation 2:20 Greek bondservants.

19 I know your deeds,(A) your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.

20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel,(B) who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.(C) 21 I have given her time(D) to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.(E)

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