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Butἀλλὰyou haveἔχειςthis,τοῦτοthatὅτιyou hateμισεῖςthe worksτὰ ἔργαof the Nicolaitans,τῶν ΝικολαϊτῶνwhichἃI alsoκἀγὼhate.μισῶ
Revelation 2:6
Study it in the app“But you have this, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.”
With the Greek beneath
Revelation 2:6, word by word
- you haveἔχειςecheis
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echeis” appears- you hateμισεῖςmiseis
hate
To feel deep aversion toward someone or something and want it away.
Where else “miseis” appears- the worksἔργαerga
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “erga” appears- of the NicolaitansΝικολαϊτῶνNikolaitōn
Nicolaitan
Nicolaitan: a member of a group mentioned in the letters to Ephesus and Pergamum, whose teaching is rejected.
Where else “Nikolaitōn” appears- I alsoκἀγὼkagō
and I, I also
And I, I too.
Where else “kagō” appears
Translation note
“Nicolaitans”: the text does not say what they taught. In 2:14-15 their teaching is placed beside that of Balaam (“in the same way”), and it can be understood that they too allowed eating food sacrificed to idols and sexual immorality.
The context
5Remember, then, from where you have fallen, and change your mind, and do the first works; otherwise, I am coming to you and I will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you change your mind.
6 · This verse (above)
7Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To the one who conquers I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.