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Revelation 2:15

In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Balaam;   Church;   Lukewarmness;   Minister, Christian;   Nicolaitanes;   Pergamos;   Sin;   Scofield Reference Index - Day (of Jehovah);   Life;   Satan;   The Topic Concordance - Hate;   Repentance;   Teaching;   War/weapons;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Doctrines, False;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nicolaitans;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Ephesus;   Pergamum;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Patience of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Jezebel;   Nicolaitans;   Pergamos;   Holman Bible Dictionary - False Apostles;   Nicolaitans;   Nicolas;   Revelation, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Asia;   Gnosticism;   Jude, Epistle of;   Magi;   Nicolas;   Peter, Second Epistle of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abstinence;   Brotherly Love;   Gnosticism;   Jezebel;   Manna ;   Name ;   Nicolaitans;   Nicolas;   Philosophy;   Tares ;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;   Unity (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Nicolaitanes ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Heresy;   Sepharvaim;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Nicolaitans;   Pergamos;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Nicola'itans;   Per'gamos;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Nicolaitans;   Pergamus;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Doctrine;   Gnosticism;   Nicolaitans;   Nicolaus;   Revelation of John:;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Balaam;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In the same way, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
King James Version (1611)
So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
King James Version
So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.
English Standard Version
So also you have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
New American Standard Bible
'So you too, have some who in the same way hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
New Century Version
You also have some who follow the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Contemporary English Version
Now some of you are following the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Complete Jewish Bible
Likewise, you too have people who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Darby Translation
So thou also hast those who hold the doctrine of Nicolaitanes in like manner.
Easy-to-Read Version
It is the same in your group. You have people who follow the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Euen so hast thou them, that maintaine the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.
George Lamsa Translation
And also you have those among you who hold to the teaching of the Nic-o-la''i-tanes.
Good News Translation
In the same way you have people among you who follow the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Lexham English Bible
So likewise you also have those who hold fast to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Literal Translation
So you also have those holding the teaching of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
Amplified Bible
'You also have some who in the same way are holding to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
American Standard Version
So hast thou also some that hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans in like manner.
Bible in Basic English
And you have those who keep the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Hebrew Names Version
So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans in the same way.
International Standard Version
You also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.Revelation 2:6;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
So hast thou who hold the doctrine of the Nikolitu: of it,
Murdock Translation
So also thou hast them who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans. In like manner, repent thou.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen so hast thou the that maintayne the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thyng I hate.
English Revised Version
So hast thou also some that hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans in like manner.
World English Bible
So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans in the same way.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicola?tans, which I hate.
Weymouth's New Testament
So even you have some that cling in the same way to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
so also thou hast men holdinge the teching of Nycholaitis.
Update Bible Version
So you have also some that hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans in like manner.
Webster's Bible Translation
So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
New English Translation
In the same way, there are also some among you who follow the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
New King James Version
Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. [fn]
New Living Translation
In a similar way, you have some Nicolaitans among you who follow the same teaching.
New Life Bible
You also have some who follow the teaching of the Nicolaitans in the same way.
New Revised Standard
So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
thus, even, thou, hast such as hold fast the teaching of the Nicolaitanes, in like manner.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaites.
Revised Standard Version
So you also have some who hold the teaching of the Nicola'itans.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Even so hast thou them that mayntayne the doctryne of the Nicolaytans which thynge I hate.
Young's Literal Translation
so hast thou, even thou, those holding the teaching of the Nicolaitans -- which thing I hate.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Euen so hast thou them that mayntayne ye doctryne of the Nicolaytans, which thinge I hate.
Mace New Testament (1729)
you have likewise those that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which I hate.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Y'all have some Nicolaitans around y'all doing these same things.

Contextual Overview

12To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword. 13I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells. 14But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. 15In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.16Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth. 17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the doctrine: Revelation 2:6

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 16:22 - which Matthew 5:19 - shall teach Matthew 18:7 - but Matthew 22:10 - both Acts 6:5 - Nicolas 2 Corinthians 2:17 - which Galatians 1:7 - pervert 1 Timothy 6:10 - coveted 2 Timothy 3:8 - resist Hebrews 1:9 - hated James 3:6 - a world Revelation 2:2 - how

Cross-References

Genesis 2:2
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
Genesis 2:8
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
Job 31:33
if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
Psalms 128:2
For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
Ephesians 4:28
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans,.... These impure heretics sprung up in the time of the apostolic church, but their doctrines were not received, and their deeds were hated, see Revelation 2:6. This seems to design the doctrines of the church of Rome, which in this period took place; which forbid marriage to the priests, and recommended celibacy and virginity to others also; which were the source of all uncleanness and abominable lusts; for which pardons and indulgences were given, and, in process of time, brothel houses were set up, and licensed and encouraged by authority.

Which thing I hate; the doctrine of these men, as well as their deeds.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So hast thou also them ... - That is, there are those among you who hold those doctrines. The meaning here may be, either that, in addition to those who held the doctrine of Balaam, they had also another class who held the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes; or that the Nicolaitanes held the same doctrine, and taught the same thing as Balaam. If but one class is referred to, and it is meant that the Nicolaitanes held the doctrines of Balaam, then we know what constituted their teaching; if two classes of false teachers are referred to, then we have no means of knowing what was the uniqueness of the teaching of the Nicolaitanes. The more natural and obvious construction, it seems to me, is to suppose that the speaker means to say that the Nicolaitanes taught the same things which Balaam did - to wit, that they led the people into corrupt and licentious practices. This interpretation seems to be demanded by the proper use of the word “so” - οὕτως houtōs - meaning, “in this manner on this wise, thus”; and usually referring to what precedes. If this be the correct interpretation, then we have, in fact, a description of what the Nicolaitanes held, agreeing with all the accounts given of them by the ancient fathers. See the notes on Revelation 2:6. If this is so, also, then it is clear that the same kind of doctrines was held at Smyrna, at Pergamos, and at Thyatira Revelation 2:20, though mentioned in somewhat different forms. It is not quite certain, however, that this is the correct interpretation, or that the writer does not mean to say that, in addition to those who held the doctrine of Balaam, they had also another class of errorists who held the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes.

Which thing I hate - So the common Greek text - ὅ μισῶ ho misō. But the best-supported reading, and the one adopted by Griesbach, Tittmann, and Hahn, is ὁμοίως homoiōs - “in like manner”; that is, “as Balak retained a false prophet who misled the Hebrews, so thou retainest those who teach things like to those which Balaam taught.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 2:15. The doctrine of the NicolaitanesRevelation 2:6; Revelation 2:6.


 
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