Revelation 2:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I know everything you have done, including your hard work and how you have endured. I know you won't put up with anyone who is evil. When some people pretended to be apostles, you tested them and found out that they were liars.

Cross References

Psalm 1:6

The LORD protects everyone who follows him, but the wicked follow a road that leads to ruin.

Matthew 7:23

But I will tell them, “I will have nothing to do with you! Get out of my sight, you evil people!”

John 6:6

He said this to test Philip, since he already knew what he was going to do.

Galatians 1:7

when there is really only one true message. But some people are causing you trouble and want to make you turn away from the good news about Christ.

Ephesians 4:14

We must stop acting like children. We must not let deceitful people trick us by their false teachings, which are like winds that toss us around from place to place.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

we tell God our Father about your faith and loving work and about your firm hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Put everything to the test. Accept what is good

2 Timothy 2:19

But the foundation that God has laid is solid. On it is written, “The Lord knows who his people are. So everyone who worships the Lord must turn away from evil.”

Hebrews 6:10

God is always fair. He will remember how you helped his people in the past and how you are still helping them. You belong to God, and he won't forget the love you have shown his people.

1 John 4:1

Dear friends, don't believe everyone who claims to have the Spirit of God. Test them all to find out if they really do come from God. Many false prophets have already gone out into the world,

Revelation 2:5

Think about where you have fallen from, and then turn back and do as you did at first. If you don't turn back, I will come and take away your lampstand.

Revelation 2:6

But there is one thing you are doing right. You hate what the Nicolaitans are doing, and so do I.

Revelation 2:9

I know how much you suffer and how poor you are, but you are rich. I also know the cruel things being said about you by people who claim to be Jews. But they are not really Jews. They are a group that belongs to Satan.

Revelation 3:1

This is what you must write to the angel of the church in Sardis: I have the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. Listen to what I say. I know what you are doing. Everyone may think you are alive, but you are dead.

Revelation 3:15

I know everything you have done, and you are not cold or hot. I wish you were either one or the other.

Revelation 3:8

I know everything you have done. And I have placed before you an open door that no one can close. You were not very strong, but you obeyed my message and did not deny that you are my followers.