Revelation 2:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Repent, then. If not, I will come to you soon and wage war against them with the sword of my mouth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Repent [then]! Or else I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of My mouth.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Repent therefore; or else I come to thee quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ So change your hearts and lives. If you don’t, I am coming to you soon, and I will make war on them with the sword that comes from my mouth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ So do penance to the same extent. If you do less, I will come to you quickly and I will fight against these ones with the sword of my mouth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ In like manner do penance: if not, I will come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Revelation 2:16 Cross References

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness he shall judge for the poor and decide with equity for the oppressed of the earth; he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.

Isaiah 49:2

He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid me away.

Ephesians 6:17

Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of his mouth, annihilating him by the manifestation of his coming.

Revelation 1:16

In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining with full force.

Revelation 16:9

they were scorched by the fierce heat, but they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.

Revelation 19:15

From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a scepter of iron; he will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

Revelation 19:21

And the rest were killed by the sword of the rider on the horse, the sword that came from his mouth, and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.

Revelation 2:12

“And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword:

Revelation 2:5

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.

Revelation 22:20

The one who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

Revelation 22:7

“See, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

Revelation 3:19

I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.