Revelation
King James Version (KJV)
Revelation 2:4
“Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.”
King James Version (KJV)
Revelation 2:4 Context
1Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2I 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: 3And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 4Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 5Remember 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. 6But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
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Translation Details for Revelation 2:4
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Other Translations for Revelation 2:4
Bible Commentary for Revelation 2:4
Wesley's Notes for Revelation 2:4
2:4 But I have against thee, that thou hast left thy first love - That love for which all that church was so eminent when St. Paul wrote his epistle to them. He need not have left this. He might have retained it entire to the end. And he did retain it in part, or there could not have remained so much of what was commendable in him. But he had not kept, as he might have done, the first tender love in its vigour and warmth. Reader, hast thou?
People's Bible Notes for Revelation 2:4
Re 2:4 Nevertheless. After these words of promise a stain on the garments of the church is pointed out. Thou hast left thy first love. They have not maintained the ardor and devotion of the love of their earlier history. Nothing but the fervent love of the Bride can satisfy the Bridegroom. This change shows that many years must have passed since the last communication of Paul to the Ephesian church.
Neuerthelesse, I haue somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first loue.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
'But I have {this} against you, that you have left your first love.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But I have `this' against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But I have this against you, that you are turned away from your first love.
- Basic English Bible
but I have against thee, that thou hast left thy first love.
- Darby Bible
Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
- Webster's Bible
Yet I have this against you--that you no longer love Me as you did at first.
- Weymouth Bible
But I have this against you, that you left your first love.
- World English Bible
But Y haue ayens thee a fewe thingis, that thou hast left thi firste charite.
- Wycliffe Bible
`But I have against thee: That thy first love thou didst leave!
- Youngs Literal Bible