Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first. New Living Translation “I know all the things you do. I have seen your love, your faith, your service, and your patient endurance. And I can see your constant improvement in all these things. English Standard Version “‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. Berean Standard Bible I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latter deeds are greater than your first. Berean Literal Bible I know your works, and your love and faith and service and perseverance; and your latter works are greater than the first. King James Bible I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. New King James Version “I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first. New American Standard Bible ‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith, and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first. NASB 1995 ‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first. NASB 1977 ‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first. Legacy Standard Bible ‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your last deeds are greater than at first. Amplified Bible ‘I know your deeds, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your last deeds are more numerous and greater than the first. Christian Standard Bible I know your works—your love, faithfulness, service, and endurance. I know that your last works are greater than the first. Holman Christian Standard Bible I know your works—your love, faithfulness, service, and endurance. Your last works are greater than the first. American Standard Version I know thy works, and thy love and faith and ministry and patience, and that thy last works are more than the first. Contemporary English Version I know everything about you, including your love, your faith, your service, and how you have endured. I know you are doing more now than you have ever done before. English Revised Version I know thy works, and thy love and faith and ministry and patience, and that thy last works are more than the first. GOD'S WORD® Translation I know what you do. I know your love, faith, service, and endurance. I also know that what you are doing now is greater than what you did at first. Good News Translation I know what you do. I know your love, your faithfulness, your service, and your patience. I know that you are doing more now than you did at first. International Standard Version I know what you've been doing—your love, faithfulness, service, and endurance—and that your last actions are greater than the first. Majority Standard Bible I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latter deeds are greater than your first. NET Bible I know your deeds: your love, faith, service, and steadfast endurance. In fact, your more recent deeds are greater than your earlier ones. New Heart English Bible "I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first. Webster's Bible Translation I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first: Weymouth New Testament I know your doings, your love, your faith, your service, and your patient endurance; and that of late you have toiled harder than you did at first. World English Bible “I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionI have known your works, and love, and ministry, and faith, and your endurance, and your works—and the last [are] more than the first. Berean Literal Bible I know your works, and your love and faith and service and perseverance; and your latter works are greater than the first. Young's Literal Translation I have known thy works, and love, and ministration, and faith, and thy endurance, and thy works -- and the last are more than the first. Smith's Literal Translation I know thy works, and love, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last more than the first. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleI know thy works, and thy faith, and thy charity, and thy ministry, and thy patience, and thy last works which are more than the former. Catholic Public Domain Version I know your works, and your faith and charity, and your ministry and patient endurance, and that your more recent works are greater than the earlier ones. New American Bible “I know your works, your love, faith, service, and endurance, and that your last works are greater than the first. New Revised Standard Version “I know your works—your love, faith, service, and patient endurance. I know that your last works are greater than the first. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleI know your works, and love and faith, and service, and also your patience; and your last works are to be more abundant than the first. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “I know your works, your love, your faith, your service and your patience, and your latter works are more than the first.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentI know your works, and your love, and your faith, and your service, and your patience, and your works, the last greater than the first. Godbey New Testament Haweis New Testament I know thy deeds, and thy love, and thy charity to the poor, and thy faith, and thy patience, and thy works, and that the last are more abundant than the first. Mace New Testament your charitable offices, your faith, and your patience, and that your last works exceed the first. Weymouth New Testament I know your doings, your love, your faith, your service, and your patient endurance; and that of late you have toiled harder than you did at first. Worrell New Testament Worsley New Testament Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context To the Church in Thyatira18To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze. 19I know your deeds— your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance— and your latter deeds are greater than your first. 20But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.… Cross References 1 Thessalonians 1:3 and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so. Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love. James 2:18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. 1 John 3:18 Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth. 1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love. Colossians 1:4-5 because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints— / the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel Philippians 1:9-11 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, / so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, / filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. 2 Thessalonians 1:3-4 We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing. / That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring. Ephesians 1:15-16 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, / I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, Matthew 24:12-13 Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. / But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. 1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart. Romans 2:7 To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life. 2 Peter 1:5-8 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; / and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; / and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. ... John 15:8-10 This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples. / As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love. / If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. Treasury of Scripture I know your works, and charity, and service, and faith, and your patience, and your works; and the last to be more than the first. know. Revelation 2:2,9,13 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: … charity. 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal… Colossians 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 1 Thessalonians 3:6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: patience. Revelation 2:3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. the last. Revelation 2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Job 17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. Psalm 92:14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; Jump to Previous Charity Deeds Doings Endurance Exceed Faith First Greater Harder Help Latter Love Ministration Ministry Patience Patient Perseverance Service Toiled WorksJump to Next Charity Deeds Doings Endurance Exceed Faith First Greater Harder Help Latter Love Ministration Ministry Patience Patient Perseverance Service Toiled WorksRevelation 2 1. What is commanded to be written to the angels, that is, the ministers of the churches of Ephesus,8. Smyrna, 12. Pergamos, 18. Thyatira, and what is commended and lacking in them. I know The phrase "I know" is derived from the Greek word "oida," which implies complete and perfect knowledge. In the context of Revelation, it signifies Christ's omniscience. He is fully aware of the actions and inner workings of the church. This knowledge is not superficial but deeply intimate, reflecting Christ's divine ability to discern the hearts and minds of believers. It is a comforting reminder that nothing escapes His notice, and He is actively involved in the life of His church. your deeds your love your faith your service your perseverance and your latter deeds are greater than your first And the last . . .--Read, and thy last works more than the first. Besides their faith and love, they are commended for their progress in good works--the last are more than the first. Verse 19. - I know thy works... and thy works. This glaring tautology is a mistranslation. The Revised Version is correct both in the order of the words and in the rendering. We have first the general statement, found in most of these epistles, asserting intimate personal knowledge: "I know thy works." Then we have, in two pairs, these works particularized, "thy love and faith," and "thy ministry and patience." Finally, we have the knowledge "that thy last works are more than the first." "Thy," in the central clause, belongs to all four substantives. Whatever may be thought of 1 Corinthians 13, ἀγάπη in St. John's writings must certainly be translated" love," and not "charity." Love and faith produce as their natural fruit ministry to the sick and needy and patience in enduring tribulation. Διακονία, excepting here and Hebrews 1:14, occurs only in the writings of St. Luke and of St. Paul; it is specially frequent in the Acts (Acts 1:17, 25; Acts 6:1, 4; Acts 11:29, etc.) and in 2 Corinthians (2 Corinthians 3:7, 8, 9; 2 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 5:18, etc.). That thy last works are more than the first. With the momentous change of πλείονα for χείρονα, this looks like a reminiscence of Matthew 12:45 (comp. 2 Peter 2:20). Πλείονα probably means more in value rather than more in number; compare πλείονα σημεῖα τούτων, (John 7:31); πλείονα καρπόν (John 15:2); πλείονα θυσίαν (Hebrews 11:4). But both excellence and number may be included. In any case, the Church at Thya-tira exhibits growth in good works, which is the surest sign of life. Like Ephesus, Thyatira is both praised and blamed; but whereas Ephesus has gone back (ver. 5), Thyatira is going forwards. The two Churches are in some respects the exact opposite one of the other. In Ephesus there is much zeal for orthodoxy, but little love; in Thyatira there is much love, but a carelessness about false doctrine.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek I knowΟἶδά (Oida) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 1492: To know, remember, appreciate. your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. deeds— ἔργα (erga) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 2041: From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act. your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. love, ἀγάπην (agapēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 26: From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast. [your] τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. faith, πίστιν (pistin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. [your] τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. service, διακονίαν (diakonian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 1248: Waiting at table; in a wider sense: service, ministration. From diakonos; attendance; figuratively aid, service. [your] τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. perseverance— ὑπομονήν (hypomonēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 5281: Endurance, steadfastness, patient waiting for. From hupomeno; cheerful endurance, constancy. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. latter ἔσχατα (eschata) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 2078: Last, at the last, finally, till the end. A superlative probably from echo; farthest, final. deeds ἔργα (erga) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 2041: From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act. [are] greater πλείονα (pleiona) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural - Comparative Strong's 4119: Or neuter pleion, or pleon comparative of polus; more in quantity, number, or quality; also the major portion. than [your] τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Neuter Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. first. πρώτων (prōtōn) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural Strong's 4413: First, before, principal, most important. Contracted superlative of pro; foremost. Links Revelation 2:19 NIVRevelation 2:19 NLT Revelation 2:19 ESV Revelation 2:19 NASB Revelation 2:19 KJV Revelation 2:19 BibleApps.com Revelation 2:19 Biblia Paralela Revelation 2:19 Chinese Bible Revelation 2:19 French Bible Revelation 2:19 Catholic Bible NT Prophecy: Revelation 2:19 I know your works your love faith (Rev. Re Apocalypse) |
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