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Rev. 2:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I knowq thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast triedt them which say they are apostles, and are notu, and hast found them liars:*

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Rev. 2:9,13,19• ⁹I know thy tribulation and thy poverty; but thou art rich; and the railing of those who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but a synagogue of Satan.
¹³I know where thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan is; and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in the days in which Antipas my faithful witness was, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.
¹⁹I know thy works, and love, and faith, and service, and thine endurance, and thy last works to be more than the first. (Rev. 2:9,13,19)

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Rev. 3:1,8,15• ¹And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he that has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
⁸I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an opened door, which no one can shut, because thou hast a little power, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
¹⁵I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot. (Rev. 3:1,8,15)

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Psa. 1:6• ⁶For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish. (Psa. 1:6)

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1 John 4:1• ¹Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)

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2 Cor. 11:13• ¹³For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. (2 Cor. 11:13)

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Rev. 2:9,13,19• ⁹I know thy tribulation and thy poverty; but thou art rich; and the railing of those who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but a synagogue of Satan.
¹³I know where thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan is; and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in the days in which Antipas my faithful witness was, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.
¹⁹I know thy works, and love, and faith, and service, and thine endurance, and thy last works to be more than the first. (Rev. 2:9,13,19)

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Rev. 3:1,8,15• ¹And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he that has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
⁸I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an opened door, which no one can shut, because thou hast a little power, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
¹⁵I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot. (Rev. 3:1,8,15)

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Psa. 1:6• ⁶For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish. (Psa. 1:6)

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Matt. 7:23• ²³and then will I avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness. (Matt. 7:23)

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1 Thess. 1:3• ³remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father; (1 Thess. 1:3)

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2 Tim. 2:19• ¹⁹Yet the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, The Lord knows those that are his; and, Let every one who names the name of the Lord withdraw from iniquity. (2 Tim. 2:19)

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Heb. 6:10• ¹⁰For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering. (Heb. 6:10)

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Rev. 2:6,14‑15,20‑21• ⁶But this thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitanes, which *I* also hate.
¹⁴But I have a few things against thee: that thou hast there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a snare before the sons of Israel, to eat of idol sacrifices and commit fornication.
¹⁵So thou also hast those who hold the doctrine of Nicolaitanes in like manner.
²⁰But I have against thee that thou permittest the woman Jezebel, she who calls herself prophetess, and she teaches and leads astray my servants to commit fornication and eat of idol sacrifices.
²¹And I gave her time that she should repent, and she will not repent of her fornication. (Rev. 2:6,14‑15,20‑21)

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Gal. 1:7• ⁷which is not another one; but there are some that trouble you, and desire to pervert the glad tidings of the Christ. (Gal. 1:7)

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Eph. 4:14• ¹⁴in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of *that* teaching which is in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a view to systematized error; (Eph. 4:14)

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1 Thess. 5:21• ²¹but prove all things, hold fast the right; (1 Thess. 5:21)

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2 Peter 2:1‑3• ¹But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction;
²and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
³And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not. (2 Peter 2:1‑3)

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1 John 4:1• ¹Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)

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2 Cor. 11:13‑15• ¹³For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
¹⁴And it is not wonderful, for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
¹⁵It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. (2 Cor. 11:13‑15)

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1 John 2:21‑22• ²¹I have not written to you because ye do not know the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
²²Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? *He* is the antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. (1 John 2:21‑22)

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1 John 4:1• ¹Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)

• How sweet of the Lord (in His sorrow and, if we may so say, His disappointed love) thus to begin with all that was good! (“Lectures on Revelation 2:1-7” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I know thy works and thy labour, and thine endurance, and that thou canst not bear evil men; and thou hast tried them who say that themselves are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars;

W. Kelly Translation

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I know thy works and [thy] toil and thy patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men; and thou hast tried those that call themselves apostlesa and are not, and hast found them liars:

WK Translation Notes

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Many of the oldest MSS. read "call themselves apostles," against the common text which reads "which say they are apostles."

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)