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AndκαὶI gaveἔδωκαherαὐτῇtimeχρόνονtoἵναchange her mind,μετανοήσῃandκαὶshe does notοὐwantθέλειto change her mindμετανοῆσαιfromἐκher sexual immorality.τῆς πορνείας αὐτῆς
Revelation 2:21
Study it in the app“And I gave her time to change her mind, and she does not want to change her mind from her sexual immorality.”
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Revelation 2:21, word by word
- I gaveἔδωκαedōka
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “edōka” appears- timeχρόνονchronon
time
Time; a span of time.
Where else “chronon” appears- change her mindμετανοήσῃmetanoēsēi
change one's mind
Change one's mind: turn around one's way of thinking, and with it one's way of living, to return to God. It is usually translated "repent".
Where else “metanoēsēi” appears- wantθέλειthelei
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelei” appears- her sexual immoralityπορνείαςporneias
sexual immorality
Having sex outside marriage.
Where else “porneias” appears
The context
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.
21 · This verse (above)
22Look, I am throwing her onto a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great affliction, unless they change their minds from her works.