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Revelation 2:6

But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.

KJV

ἀλλὰ τοῦτο ἔχεις, ὅτι μισεῖς τὰ ἔργα τῶν Νικολαϊτῶν, ἃ κἀγὼ μισῶ.

Greek NT

Sed hoc habes, quia odisti facta Nicolaitarum, quæ et ego odi.

Vulgate

But this thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

ASV

But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaites, which I also hate.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Νικολαΐτης
nikolaites
noun · 2×
κἀγώ
kago
pronoun · 85×
μισέω
miseo
verb · 40×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἔργον
ergon
noun · 169×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Historic Christian voices

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

Doctrines of Cerinthus, the Ebionites, and Nicolaitanes. 1. Cerinthus, again, a man who was educated in the wisdom of the Egyptians, taught that the world was not made by the primary God, but by a certain Power far separated from him, and at a distance from that Principality who is supreme over the universe, and ignorant of him who is above all. He represented Jesus as having n…

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 19:2 — And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the
  • 2John 1:9 — Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
  • 2Tim 3:8 — Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
  • Deut 16:22 — Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
  • Heb 1:9 — Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
  • Ps 26:5 — I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
  • Ps 101:3 — I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
  • Ps 139:21 — Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
  • Rev 2:2 — 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:
  • 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 2:15 — So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.