Revelation 2:5 “Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform th…”

Revelation 2:5

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

World English Bible

Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.

American Standard Version

Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.

Geneva Bible 1599

Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and doe the first workes: or els I will come against thee shortly, and will remooue thy candlesticke out of his place, except thou amend.

Darby Translation

Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works: but if not, I am coming to thee, and I will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou shalt repent.

Young's Literal Translation

remember, then, whence thou hast fallen, and reform, and the first works do; and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will remove thy lamp-stand from its place — if thou mayest not reform;

Bible in Basic English

So keep in mind where you were at first, and be changed in heart and do the first works; or I will come to you, and will take away your light from its place, if your hearts are not changed.

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Cross references

“Remember”

Revelation 3:19 Ezekiel 20:43 Ezekiel 36:31 Ezekiel 16:61–63 Revelation 3:3 2 Peter 1:12

Revelation 3:19 · BSB

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

Ezekiel 20:43 · BSB

There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.

Ezekiel 36:31 · BSB

Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.

Ezekiel 16:61–63 · BSB

Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.

Revelation 3:3 · BSB

Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

2 Peter 1:12 · BSB

Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.

“thou art”

Hosea 14:1 Isaiah 14:12 Galatians 5:4 Jude 1:24

Hosea 14:1 · BSB

Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.

Isaiah 14:12 · BSB

How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.

Galatians 5:4 · BSB

You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

Jude 1:24 · BSB

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

“and repent”

Revelation 2:16 Revelation 16:9 Revelation 2:21 Revelation 2:22 Revelation 9:20 Revelation 9:21

Revelation 2:16 · BSB

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

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.

Revelation 9:20 · BSB

Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or h…

Revelation 9:21 · BSB

Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.

“and do”

Malachi 4:6 Revelation 2:19 Luke 1:17 Isaiah 1:26 Hosea 9:10 Malachi 3:4

Malachi 4:6 · BSB

And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

Revelation 2:19 · BSB

I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latest deeds are greater than your first.

Luke 1:17 · BSB

And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Isaiah 1:26 · BSB

I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”

Hosea 9:10 · BSB

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as th…

Malachi 3:4 · BSB

Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.

“else”

Matthew 21:41–43 Matthew 24:48–51 Mark 12:9 Luke 20:16 Luke 12:45 Luke 12:46

Matthew 21:41–43 · BSB

“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

Matthew 24:48–51 · BSB

But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

Mark 12:9 · BSB

What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

Luke 20:16 · BSB

He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”

Luke 12:45 · BSB

But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.

Luke 12:46 · BSB

The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

Also

Revelation 1:20 Hebrews 10:32 Revelation 2:2

Revelation 1:20 · BSB

This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Hebrews 10:32 · BSB

Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.

Revelation 2:2 · BSB

I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.

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

In context

4But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.

6But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

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