19
I knowΟἶδάyourσουworks,τὰ ἔργαandκαὶyourσουloveτὴν ἀγάπηνandκαὶfaithτὴν πίστινandκαὶserviceτὴν διακονίανandκαὶendurance,τὴν ὑπομονήνandκαὶthatyourσουlastτὰ ἔσχαταworksτὰ ἔργαaremore thanπλείοναthe first.τῶν πρώτων
Revelation 2:19
Study it in the app“I know your works, and your love and faith and service and endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 2:19, word by word
- I knowΟἶδάOida
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “Oida” appears- worksἔργαerga
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “erga” appears- loveἀγάπηνagapēn
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapēn” appears- faithπίστινpistin
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pistin” appears- serviceδιακονίανdiakonian
service
One's task in God's work.
Where else “diakonian” appears- enduranceὑπομονήνhypomonēn
endurance, perseverance
Endurance, perseverance: holding out patiently under trial.
Where else “hypomonēn” appears- lastἔσχαταeschata
last
The one who comes behind all, in line or in esteem.
Where else “eschata” appears- more thanπλείοναpleiona
more
Abundantly, often, or to a still higher degree.
Where else “pleiona” appears- the firstπρώτωνprōtōn
first
The one who comes before all others, in time or in order.
Where else “prōtōn” appears
The context
18And to the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: This is what the Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze, says:
19 · This verse (above)
20But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and deceives my slaves to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.