Revelation 2:4
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
KJV
ἀλλὰ ἔχω κατὰ σοῦ ὅτι τὴν ἀγάπην σου τὴν πρώτην ἀφῆκες.
Greek NT
Sed habeo adversum te, quod caritatem tuam primam reliquisti.
Vulgate
But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.
ASV
But I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first charity.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
πρῶτος
protos
adjective · 101×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἀγάπη
agape
noun · 116×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Is charity in the will as its subject? Is charity caused in man by preceding acts or by a Divine infusion? Is it infused according to the capacity of our natural gifts? Does it increase in the person who has it? Does it increase by addition? Does it increase by every act? Does it increase indefinitely? Can the charity of a wayfarer be perfect? The various degrees of charity Can…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 11:2 — Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods:
- 1Pet 1:22 — Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
- 1Thess 4:9 — But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
- 1Tim 5:12 — Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
- 2Thess 1:3 — We 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;
- Heb 6:10 — For 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.
- Jer 2:2 — Go 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
- Mark 10:21 — Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up th
- Matt 24:12 — And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
- Matt 24:12 — And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
- Matt 25:7 — Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
- Phil 1:9 — And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
- Phil 3:13 — Brethren, 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,
- Phil 3:16 — Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
- Ps 85:8 — I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
- Rev 2:14 — But 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 u
- Rev 2:20 — Notwithstanding 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 th
- Rev 2:20 — Notwithstanding 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 th
- Rev 3:2 — Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
- Rev 3:14 — And 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;
- Rev 3:15 — I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
- Rom 12:11 — Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;