KJV King James Version
Nevertheless I have [somewhat] against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
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Revelation 2:4
Nevertheless I have [somewhat] against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.
WEB World English Bible
But I have this against you, that you left your first love.
ASV American Standard Version
But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘But I have against thee: That thy first love thou didst leave!
Surrounding context — Revelation 2
1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
4 Nevertheless I have [somewhat] against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
5 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.
6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
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Matthew 24:12-13And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.Jeremiah 2:2-5Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land [that was] not sown.Hebrews 6:10-11For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and [in] all judgment;2 Thessalonians 1:3We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;Revelation 3:14-17And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;1 Thessalonians 4:9-10But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.Philippians 3:13-16Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.Revelation 2:20Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
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