Revelation 2:5

Revelation chapter 2 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.

Context

v.4But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.

v.5This passage

v.6But this thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hosea 9:10

    I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at its first season: but they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves unto the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.

  • Revelation 2:19

    I know thy works, and thy love and faith and ministry and patience, and that thy last works are more than the first.

  • Revelation 2:21

    And I gave her time that she should repent; and she willeth not to repent of her fornication.

  • Ezekiel 20:43

    And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have polluted yourselves; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

  • Matthew 24:48

    But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;

  • Isaiah 14:12

    How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations!