Revelation 2:4-6
Living Bible
4 “Yet there is one thing wrong; you don’t love me as at first! 5 Think about those times of your first love (how different now!) and turn back to me again and work as you did before; or else I will come and remove your candlestick from its place among the churches.
6 “But there is this about you that is good: You hate the deeds of the licentious Nicolaitans,[a] just as I do.
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- Revelation 2:6 Nicolaitans, which, when translated from Greek to Hebrew, becomes Balaamites, who were followers of the man who induced the Israelites to fall by lust. (See 2:14 and Numbers 31:15-16.)
Revelation 2:4-6
New International Version
4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.(A) 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent(B) and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand(C) from its place. 6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans,(D) which I also hate.
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