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Revelation 2:16

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

KJV

μετανόησον· εἰ δὲ μή, ἔρχομαί σοι ταχὺ καὶ πολεμήσω μετ’ αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ ῥομφαίᾳ τοῦ στόματός μου.

Greek NT

Similiter pœnitentiam age : si quominus veniam tibi cito, et pugnabo cum illis in gladio oris mei.

Vulgate

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

ASV

In like manner do penance. If not, I will come to thee quickly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
μετανοέω
metanoeo
verb · 34×
πολεμέω
polemeo
verb · 7×
στόμα
stoma
noun · 78×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ταχύ
tachu
adverb · 11×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
o
article · 19778×
ῥομφαία
romphaia
noun · 7×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1429St. Peter's conversion after he had denied his master three times bears witness to this. Jesus' look of infinite mercy drew tears of repentance from Peter and, after the Lord's resurrection, a threefold affirmation of love for him.20 The second conversion also has a communitarian dimension, as is clear in the Lord's call to a whole Church: "Repent!"21 St. Ambrose says of the tw…

Cross-references

  • 2Thess 2:8 — And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
  • 2Thess 2:8 — And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
  • Acts 17:30 — And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
  • Eph 6:17 — And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
  • Eph 6:17 — And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
  • Ezek 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
  • Heb 4:12 — For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoug
  • Hos 6:5 — Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
  • Isa 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
  • Isa 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
  • Isa 27:1 — In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
  • Isa 30:28 — And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err
  • Isa 49:2 — And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
  • Job 4:9 — By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
  • John 8:7 — So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
  • Rev 1:16 — And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
  • Rev 1:16 — And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
  • Rev 2:5 — 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.
  • Rev 2:5 — 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.
  • Rev 2:12 — And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
  • Rev 2:12 — And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
  • Rev 2:21 — And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
  • Rev 3:19 — As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
  • Rev 16:9 — And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
  • Rev 19:15 — And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God
  • Rev 19:15 — And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God
  • Rev 19:21 — And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
  • Rev 22:7 — Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.