Revelation 2:16 “Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war ag…”

Revelation 2:16

Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

World English Bible

Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

American Standard Version

Repent therefore; or else I come to thee quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

Geneva Bible 1599

Repent thy selfe, or els I will come vnto thee shortly, and will fight against them with the sworde of my mouth.

Darby Translation

Repent therefore: but if not, I come to thee quickly, and I will make war with them with the sword of my mouth.

Young's Literal Translation

'Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Bible in Basic English

See, then, that you have a change of heart; or I will come to you quickly, and will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

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Cross references

“Repent”

Revelation 2:5 Revelation 3:19 Revelation 16:9 Revelation 2:21 Revelation 2:22 Acts 17:30

Revelation 2:5 · BSB

Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

Revelation 3:19 · BSB

Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

Revelation 16:9 · BSB

And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.

Revelation 2:21 · BSB

Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.

Revelation 2:22 · BSB

Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.

Acts 17:30 · BSB

Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

“will fight”

2 Thessalonians 2:8 Revelation 1:16 Ephesians 6:17 Isaiah 11:4 Revelation 2:12 Revelation 19:15

2 Thessalonians 2:8 · BSB

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

Revelation 1:16 · BSB

He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

Ephesians 6:17 · BSB

And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Isaiah 11:4 · BSB

but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

Revelation 2:12 · BSB

To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.

Revelation 19:15 · BSB

And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

Also

Revelation 22:7

Revelation 22:7 · BSB

“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book. ”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, 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.

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