Revelation 2:15

New King James Version

Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. [fn]

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.

Berean Standard Bible
In the same way, some of you also hold to 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
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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 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

¹² "And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, "These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword: ¹³ "I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. ¹⁴ But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. ¹⁵ Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. [fn] ¹⁶ Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth. ¹⁷ "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him 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 on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Genesis 2:8
The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.

Job 31:33
If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

Psalms 128:2
When you eat the labor of your hands, You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.

Ephesians 4:28
Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has 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 Nicolaitanes — Revelation 2:6; Revelation 2:6.