Revelation 2:5

Easy To Read Version

So remember where you were before you fell. Change your hearts and do the things you did at first. If you don’t change, I will come to you. I will take away your lampstand from its place.

Cross References

Isaiah 1:26

I will bring back the kind of judges you had in the beginning. Your counselors will be like the counselors you had long ago. Then you will be called ‘The Good and Faithful City.’”

Isaiah 14:12

You were like the morning star,\par but you have fallen from the sky.\par In the past, all the nations on earth\par bowed down before you.\par But now you have been cut down.\par

Ezekiel 20:43

In that country you will remember all the bad things you did that made you filthy. And you will be ashamed.

Ezekiel 36:31

You will remember the bad things you did. You will remember that those things were not good. Then you will hate yourselves because of your sins and the terrible things you did.”

Hosea 14:1

Israel, you fell and sinned against God. So come back to the Lord your God.

Hosea 9:10

At the time I found Israel, they were like fresh grapes in the desert. They were like the first figs on a fig tree at the beginning of the season. But then they came to Baal-Peor. {\cf2\super [92]} And they changed—and I had to cut them off \{(destroy them) like rotten fruit. {\cf2\super [93]} They became like the terrible things \{(false gods) that they loved.

Malachi 3:4

Then the Lord will accept the gifts from Judah and Jerusalem. It will be like in the past. It will be like the time long ago.

Malachi 4:6

Elijah will help the parents become close to their children. And he will help the children become close to their parents. This must happen, or I (God) will come and completely destroy your country!”

Matthew 5:14

“You are the light that gives light to the world. A city that is built on a hill cannot be hidden.

Matthew 5:15

And people don’t hide a light under a bowl. No. People put the light on a lamp table. Then the light shines for all the people in the house.

Mark 12:9

“So what will the man that owns the vineyard do? He will go to the vineyard and kill those farmers. Then he will lease the land to other farmers.

Luke 1:17

John himself will go first before the Lord. John will be powerful like Elijah. {\cf2\super [7]} He will have the same spirit Elijah had. He will make peace between fathers and their children. Many people are not obeying God. John will bring those people back to the right way that people should think. He will make people ready for the \{coming of\} the Lord.”

Luke 20:16

He will come and kill those farmers! Then he will lease the land to some other farmers.”

Galatians 5:4

If you try to be made right with God through the law, then your life with Christ is finished—you have left God’s grace (kindness).

Philippians 2:15

Then you will be innocent and without anything wrong in you. You will be God’s children without fault. But you are living with evil people all around you who have become very bad. Among those people you shine like lights in the dark world.

Hebrews 10:32

Remember those days when you first learned the truth. You had a hard struggle with many sufferings, but you continued strong.

2 Peter 3:17

Dear friends, you already know about this. So be careful. Don’t let those evil people lead you away by the wrong things they do. Be careful so that you will not fall from your strong \{faith\}.

Revelation 1:20

Here is the hidden meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands that you saw: The seven lampstands are the seven churches. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches.

Revelation 16:9

The people were burned by the great heat. Those people cursed the name of God. God is the One who had control over these troubles. But the people refused to change their hearts and lives and give glory to God.

Revelation 2:16

So change your hearts! If you don’t change, I will come to you quickly and fight against those people with the sword that comes out of my mouth.

Revelation 2:19

I know the things you do. I know about your love, your faith, your service, and your patience. I know that you are doing more now than you did at first.

Revelation 2:2

I know what you do. You work hard, and you never quit. I know that you don’t accept evil people. You have tested those people who say that they are apostles {\cf2\super [12]} but are really not. You found that they are liars.

Revelation 3:19

“I correct and punish those people that I love. So start trying hard! Change your hearts and lives!