Revelation 2:5
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Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Remember then how far you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.

New American Standard Bible

Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place—unless you repent.

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.

International Standard Version

Therefore, remember how far you have fallen. Repent and go back to what you were doing at first. If you don't, I will come to you and remove your lamp stand from its place unless you repent.

A Conservative Version

Remember therefore from where thou have fallen, and repent and do the first works. And if not, I come to thee quickly, and will move thy lampstand out of its place, if thou do not 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.

Amplified

So remember the heights from which you have fallen, and repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, your sinful behavior—seek God’s will] and do the works you did at first [when you first knew Me]; otherwise, I will visit you and remove your lampstand (the church, its impact) from its place—unless you repent.

An Understandable Version

So, remember where you have fallen from and repent [i.e., change your hearts and lives] and do the things you did at first [i.e., when you were first converted], or else I will come and remove your lampstand from its place [i.e., I will not permit the congregation to survive], unless you repent.

Anderson New Testament

Remember, therefore, whence you have fallen, and repent, and do your first works; if not, I will come to you quickly, and I will remove your candlestick from its place, unless you repent.

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.

Common New Testament

Remember then from where you have fallen, repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

Daniel Mace New Testament

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.

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.

Emphatic Diaglott Bible

Remember, therefore, from what you are fallen, and reform, and do the first works, otherwise I will come to you quickly, and take away your lamp out of its place, unless you reform.

Godbey New Testament

Remember therefore whence you have fallen, and repent, and do your first works; lest I come to you, and shall move your candlestick out of its place, if you do not repent.

Goodspeed New Testament

So remember how far you have fallen, and repent and do as you did at first, or else I will come to you and take your lampstand from its place, if you do not repent.

John Wesley New Testament

Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works: if not, I come to thee, and will remove thy candlestick out of its place, unless thou repent.

Julia Smith Translation

Therefore remember whence thou hest fallen, and repent, and do the first works; and if not, I come to thee quickly, and I will move the chandelier out of its place, except thou repent.

King James 2000

Remember therefore from where you are fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto you quickly, and will remove your lampstand out of its place, except you repent.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do {the works you did at first}. But if you do not, I am coming to you, and I will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

Modern King James verseion

Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent, and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and will remove your lampstand out of its place unless you repent.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

Moffatt New Testament

Now, remember the height from which you have fallen; repent and act as you did at first. If not, I will come to you [very soon] and remove your lamp stand, unless you repent.

Montgomery New Testament

Remember whence you have fallen, and turn again, and do your first works. Otherwise I am coming to you and will remove your candlestick out of its place, unless you repent.

NET Bible

Therefore, remember from what high state you have fallen and repent! Do the deeds you did at the first; if not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place -- that is, if you do not repent.

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

Remember therefore whence you have fallen, and change your minds, and do the first works, otherwise I will come to you and remove your candlestick from its place, unless you change your minds.

The Emphasized Bible

Remember, therefore, whence thou hast fallen, and repent, and do, thy first works; otherwise, I come unto thee, and will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou repent.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Remember then from whence thou hast fallen, and repent, and practise thy first works; but if not, I am coming to thee quickly, and I will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou repent.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Therefore remember from what you have fallen, and repent, and live the life that you lived before; or else, I will come and remove your Lamp from its place, unless you repent.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

Be mindful, therefore, of the height from which you have fallen. Repent at once, and act as you did at first, or else I will surely come and remove your lampstand out of its place--unless you repent.

Williams New Testament

So remember the heights from which you have fallen, and repent and do as you did at first, or else I will surely come and move your lampstand from its place -- if you do not 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 lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.

Worrell New Testament

Remember, therefore whence you have fallen, and repent, and do your first works; or else I am coming to you, and will remove your candlestick out of its place, if you do not repent.

Worsley New Testament

Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works: else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of its place, if thou repent not.

Youngs 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;

Themes

The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Withdrawal of the means of grace

Candlestick » Symbolical

Ephesus » Apocalyptic message to

Privileges » Misused » Withdrawn

Repentance » Repenting

Repentance » The reward for not repenting

Repentance » Neglect of, followed by swift judgment

Repentance » Commanded by Christ

Topics

Beginning

Height

Impenitence, Results Of

Poverty, Spiritual

Reformation

Remembering

Repentance, Importance Of

Revival, Corporate

Rejection Of God's Call

Beginning Of Salvation

People Falling From A Height

Repentance

One's Deeds

Taking God's Things

The Fact Of His Coming

Lucifer

revelation

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Remember
G3421
μνημονεύω 
Mnemoneuo 
remember, be mindful, make mention
Usage: 13

therefore
G3767
οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

from whence
G4159
πόθεν 
Pothen 
whence
Usage: 17

thou art fallen
G1601
ἐκπίπτω 
Ekpipto 
fall, fall off, be cast, take none effect, fall away, fail, vr fallen
Usage: 11

and
G2532
G2532
G2532





and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

repent
G3340
μετανοέω 
metanoeo 
repent
Usage: 13

do
G4160
ποιέω 
Poieo 
do, make, bring forth, commit, cause, work, show, bear, keep, fulfil, deal, perform, not tr, , vr do
Usage: 372

the
G2041
ἔργον 
Ergon 
work, deed, doing, labour
Usage: 130

first
G4413
πρῶτος 
Protos 
first, chief, first day, former,
Usage: 67

works
G2041
ἔργον 
Ergon 
work, deed, doing, labour
Usage: 130

or else
G1487
εἰ 
Ei 
if, whether, that, not tr,
Usage: 218

I will come
G2064
ἔρχομαι 
Erchomai 
come, go, , vr come
Usage: 424

unto thee
G4671
σοί 
Soi 
thee, thou, thy, thine own, not tr
Usage: 113

quickly
G5035
ταχύ 
Tachu 
quickly, lightly
Usage: 5

will remove
G2795
κινέω 
Kineo 
move, wag, remove, mover
Usage: 6

thy
G4675
σοῦ 
Sou 
thy, thee, thine, thine own, thou, not tr
Usage: 241

candlestick
G3087
λυχνία 
Luchnia 
candlestick
Usage: 4

out
G1537
ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709

of
G5117
τόπος 
Topos 
place, room, quarter, licence, coast, where, plain Trans, rock
Usage: 75

his
G846

him, his, their, he, her, they, same, himself,
Usage: 0

place
G5117
τόπος 
Topos 
place, room, quarter, licence, coast, where, plain Trans, rock
Usage: 75

except
G1437
ἐάν 
Ean 
if, whosoever 9, whatsoever 9, though,
Usage: 155

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Revelation 2:5

Christocentric Concentration

References

Word Count of 38 Translations in Revelation 2:5

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Letter To The Church In Ephesus

4 But I have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first. 5 Remember then how far you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent. 6 Yet you do have this: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.


Unless You Repent

Cross References

Revelation 2:16

Therefore repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of My mouth.

Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be committed and repent.

Isaiah 1:26

I will restore your judges to what they once were,
and your advisers to their former state.
Afterward you will be called the Righteous City,
a Faithful City.”

Isaiah 14:12

Shining morning star,
how you have fallen from the heavens!
You destroyer of nations,
you have been cut down to the ground.

Jeremiah 2:2-3

“Go and announce directly to Jerusalem that this is what the Lord says:

I remember the loyalty of your youth,
your love as a bride—
how you followed Me in the wilderness,
in a land not sown.

Ezekiel 16:61-63

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 your covenant.

Ezekiel 20:43

There you will remember your ways and all your deeds that you have defiled yourselves with, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evil things you have done.

Ezekiel 36:31

“Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and detestable practices.

Hosea 9:10

I discovered Israel
like grapes in the wilderness.
I saw your fathers
like the first fruit of the fig tree in its first season.
But they went to Baal-peor,
consecrated themselves to Shame,
and became detestable,
like the thing they loved.

Hosea 14:1

Israel, return to Yahweh your God,
for you have stumbled in your sin.

Malachi 3:4

And the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the Lord as in days of old and years gone by.

Malachi 4:6

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

Matthew 21:41-43

“He will completely destroy those terrible men,” they told Him, “and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at the harvest.”

Matthew 24:48-51

But if that wicked slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed,’

Mark 12:9

“Therefore, what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers and give the vineyard to others.

Luke 1:17

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

Luke 12:45-46

But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and starts to beat the male and female slaves, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

Luke 20:16

He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others.”

But when they heard this they said, “No—never!”

Acts 17:30-31

“Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,

Galatians 5:4

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

Hebrews 10:32

Remember the earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.

2 Peter 1:12-13

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

Jude 1:24

Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless and with great joy,

Revelation 1:20

The secret of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven gold lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Revelation 2:2

I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars.

Revelation 2:19

I know your works—your love, faithfulness, service, and endurance. Your last works are greater than the first.

Revelation 2:21-22

I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.

Revelation 3:2-3

Be alert and strengthen what remains, which is about to die, for I have not found your works complete before My God.

Revelation 9:20-21

The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which are not able to see, hear, or walk.

Revelation 16:9

and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who had the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give Him glory.

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