Revelation 2:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    member thefo from whence thou art fallen, and pent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will move thy candlestick out of his place, except thou pent.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Remember therefore 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 from its place, unless you repent.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Remember{G3421}{(G5720)} therefore{G3767} from whence{G4159} thou art fallen{G1601}{(G5758)}, and{G2532} repent{G3340}{(G5657)}, and{G2532} do{G4160}{(G5657)} the first{G4413} works{G2041}; or else{G1490} I will come{G2064}{(G5736)} unto thee{G4671} quickly{G5035}, and{G2532} will remove{G2795}{(G5692)} thy{G4675} candlestick{G3087} out of{G1537} his{G846} place{G5117}, except{G3362} thou repent{G3340}{(G5661)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Remember therfore from whence thou art fallen and repent and do the fyrst workes. Or elles I wyll come vnto the shortly and will remove thy candlestyke out of his place excepte thou repent.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Remember therfore fro whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the fyrst workes. Or elles I wyl come vnto the shortly, and wil remoue thy cadelstycke out of his place, excepte thou repent.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

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

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first workes: Or els I wyll come vnto thee shortly, & wyll remoue thy candlesticke out of his place, except thou repet.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ‹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.›

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    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.

Referenced Verses

  • Rev 2:16 : 16 Repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
  • Rev 3:2-3 : 2 Be alert and strengthen what remains, which is about to die. For I have not found your works complete in the sight of God. 3 Remember, then, what you have received and heard; keep it and repent. If you are not alert, I will come unexpectedly like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
  • Rev 2:19 : 19 I know your deeds, your love, your faith, your service, and your perseverance, and that your latter deeds are greater than your first.
  • Rev 1:20 : 20 The mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
  • Jer 2:2-3 : 2 Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: ‘This is what the LORD says: I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown. 3 Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of his harvest. All who tried to devour it were held guilty; disaster came upon them,’ declares the LORD.
  • Matt 24:48-51 : 48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,' 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Acts 17:30-31 : 30 In the past, God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.
  • Mark 12:9 : 9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those farmers, and give the vineyard to others.
  • Luke 1:17 : 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 wisdom of the righteous, to prepare a people fit for the Lord.
  • Luke 12:45-46 : 45 But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 the master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
  • Luke 20:16 : 16 He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others. When they heard this, they said, 'May it never happen!'
  • Ezek 16:61-63 : 61 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. 62 I will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD. 63 So that you may remember and be ashamed, and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, when I forgive you for all you have done, declares the Lord GOD.
  • Ezek 20:43 : 43 There you will remember your ways and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evil you have done.
  • Ezek 36:31 : 31 You will remember your evil ways and your wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your sins and detestable practices.
  • Isa 14:12 : 12 How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, you who laid low the nations.
  • Hos 14:1 : 1 Samaria will be found guilty, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their infants will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.
  • Mal 3:4 : 4 Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord, as they were in days of old, as in former years.
  • Matt 21:41-43 : 41 They said to him, 'He will bring those wretches to a miserable end and lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit at the proper times.' 42 Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This came from the Lord and is wonderful in our eyes? 43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit.
  • Rev 2:2 : 2 I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and you have found them to be liars.
  • Rev 2:21-22 : 21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. 22 Look, I will cast her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works.
  • Rev 9:20-21 : 20 The rest of humanity, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.
  • Rev 16:9 : 9 They were scorched by the intense heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues. But they refused to repent and glorify him.
  • Isa 1:26 : 26 I will restore your judges as at the beginning, and your counselors as at the start. Afterward, you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.
  • Hos 9:10 : 10 Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. Like the first fruit on the fig tree in its first season, I saw your ancestors. But they went to Baal Peor, consecrated themselves to shame, and became as detestable as the thing they loved.
  • Gal 5:4 : 4 You who are justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
  • Heb 10:32 : 32 Remember those earlier days after you had been enlightened, when you endured a hard struggle with suffering.
  • 2 Pet 1:12-13 : 12 Therefore, I will always remind you about these things, even though you already know them and are established in the truth you now have. 13 I think it is right, as long as I am in this earthly tent, to stir you up by way of reminder,
  • Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless in the presence of His glory with great joy,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Rev 2:1-4
    4 verses
    87%

    1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write: These are the words of the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands:

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

    3 You have endured and have shown perseverance, and for my name’s sake, you have labored and have not grown weary.

    4 But I have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first.

  • Rev 2:6-22
    17 verses
    80%

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

    7 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

    8 To the angel of the church in Smyrna, write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who was dead and came to life:

    9 I know your works, your tribulation, and your poverty (though you are rich), and the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

    10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

    11 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be harmed by the second death.

    12 To the angel of the church in Pergamum, write: These are the words of the one who has the sharp, double-edged sword:

    13 I know where you live—where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold fast to my name and did not deny your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death among you, where Satan dwells.

    14 But I have a few things against you: You have those there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the Israelites—to eat food sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.

    15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans, which I hate.

    16 Repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

    17 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.

    18 To the angel of the church in Thyatira, write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze:

    19 I know your deeds, your love, your faith, your service, and your perseverance, and that your latter deeds are greater than your first.

    20 But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching, she misleads my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

    21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.

    22 Look, I will cast her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works.

  • Rev 3:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1 To the angel of the church in Sardis, write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your works; you have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead.

    2 Be alert and strengthen what remains, which is about to die. For I have not found your works complete in the sight of God.

    3 Remember, then, what you have received and heard; keep it and repent. If you are not alert, I will come unexpectedly like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.

  • Rev 3:15-20
    6 verses
    75%

    15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot.

    16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

    17 Because you say, 'I am rich, I have become wealthy, and I don’t need anything,' yet you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

    18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you may become rich; white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed; and ointment to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

    19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.

    20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with them, and they with me.

  • Rev 2:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to this teaching and who have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, I say: I will not impose any other burden on you.

    25 But hold fast to what you have until I come.

  • Rev 3:8-11
    4 verses
    72%

    8 I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut, because you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

    9 Look, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are not—they are liars—come and bow down before your feet, and they will know that I have loved you.

    10 Because you have kept my command to endure, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is coming upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth.

    11 I am coming quickly. Hold on to what you have, so that no one may take your crown.

  • Rev 2:29
    69%

    29 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

  • Rev 1:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19 Write down what you have seen, what is, and what will take place after this.

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

  • Rev 1:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11 saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.

    12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and when I turned, I saw seven golden lampstands.

  • 2 John 1:8
    68%

    8 Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.

  • 2 Thess 2:5
    68%

    5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you, I used to tell you these things?

  • Rev 3:13
    66%

    13 Let the one who has ears hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

  • Rev 18:4
    66%

    4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, 'Come out of her, my people, so that you do not share in her sins and so that you do not receive any of her plagues.'

  • 2 Pet 1:12
    66%

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

  • Jer 2:19
    66%

    19 Your own wickedness will discipline you; your backslidings will rebuke you. Consider and see how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of me,” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

  • 2 Pet 3:17
    66%

    17 Therefore, beloved, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own steadfastness.

  • Rev 3:6
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    6 Let the one who has ears hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

  • 2 Pet 1:9
    65%

    9 But whoever lacks these qualities is blind and short-sighted, forgetful of the cleansing of their former sins.