For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Revelation 2:2 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) *I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can't tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves emissaries, and they are not, and found them false. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I know your industry and activities, laborious toil and trouble, and your patient endurance, and how you cannot tolerate wicked [men] and have tested and critically appraised those who call [themselves] apostles (special messengers of Christ) and yet are not, and have found them to be impostors and liars. American Standard Version (1901) I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false; Common English Bible I know your works, your labor, and your endurance. I also know that you don’t put up with those who are evil. You have tested those who say they are apostles but are not, and you have found them to be liars. Catholic Public Domain Version I know your works, and your hardship and patient endurance, and that you cannot stand those who are evil. And so, you have tested those who declare themselves to be Apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them that are evil, and thou hast tried them, who say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: |
For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'
and there isn't another *good news.* Only there are some who trouble you, and want to pervert the Good News of Messiah.
that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, before our God and Father.
However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, *The Lord knows those who are his,* and, *Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.*
For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the holy ones, and still do serve them.
Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your menorah out of its place, unless you repent.
But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
*I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Hasatan.
*And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: *He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: *I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
*I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.
*I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn't deny my name.