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Revelation 2:6-8
Contemporary English Version
Revelation 2:6-8
Contemporary English Version
6 But there is one thing you are doing right. You hate what the Nicolaitans[a] are doing, and so do I.
7 (A) If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will let everyone who wins the victory eat from the life-giving tree in God's wonderful garden.
The Letter to Smyrna
8 (B) This is what you must write to the angel of the church in Smyrna:
I am the first and the last. I died, but now I am alive! Listen to what I say.
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- 2.6 Nicolaitans: Nothing else is known about these people, though it is possible that they claimed to be followers of Nicolaus from Antioch (see Acts 6.5).
Revelation 2:6-8
New International Version
Revelation 2:6-8
New International Version
6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans,(A) which I also hate.
7 Whoever has ears, let them hear(B) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(C) I will give the right to eat from the tree of life,(D) which is in the paradise(E) of God.
To the Church in Smyrna
8 “To the angel of the church in Smyrna(F) write:
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