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Revelation 2:19

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last [to be] more than the first.

Revelation 2:19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Revelation 2:19

Theological / Devotional

Thy. For the force of the singular see on v. 2.

Works. See on v. 2.

Charity. Gr. agapē, “love” (see on Matt. 5:43, 44). Textual evidence attests (cf. p. 10) the sequence “love, and faith, and service, and patience.” These are an enumeration of the “works” of the church at Thyatira, love and faith providing the inner basis for the outward expression of service and patience.

Service. Gr. diakonia, “service,” or “ministry” (see on Rom. 12:7).

Faith. Gr. pistis (see on Rom. 3:3).

Patience. Gr. hupomonē (see on ch. 1:9).

The last. That is, the last more than the first works, as the Greek indicates. The message to Thyatira is the only one of the seven that contains a recognition of improvement. In spite of difficulties at Thyatira, the church there experienced spiritual growth. Contrast the opposite experience at Ephesus (vs. 4, 5).

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