Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
So, repent, or I will come to you quickly and will attack those people with the sword of my mouth.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
So repent. If you don't, I will come to you quickly and wage war against them with the sword of my mouth.
A Conservative Version
Repent therefore, and if not I come to thee quickly, and will war against them with the sword of my mouth.
American Standard Version
Repent therefore; or else I come to thee quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
Amplified
Anderson New Testament
Repent, therefore; if not, I will come to you quickly, and I will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Bible in Basic English
See, then, that you have a change of heart; or I will come to you quickly, and will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
Common New Testament
Repent therefore, or else I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Daniel Mace New Testament
repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Darby Translation
Repent therefore: but if not, I come to thee quickly, and I will make war with them with the sword of my mouth.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Reform, or otherwise, I will come to you quickly, and I will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Godbey New Testament
Repent; otherwise I am coming to you quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Goodspeed New Testament
So repent, or else I will come to you quickly and make war upon them with the sword that is in my mouth.
John Wesley New Testament
Repent therefore; if not, I come to thee, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Julia Smith Translation
Repent; and if not, I come to thee swiftly, and will wage war with them with the sword of my mouth.
King James 2000
Repent; or else I will come unto you quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore repent! But if you do not, I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war with them with the sword from my mouth.
Modern King James verseion
Repent! But if not I will come to you quickly, and will fight with them by the sword of My mouth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But be converted, or else I will come unto thee shortly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Moffatt New Testament
Repent; if not, I will very soon come to you and make war upon them with the sword of my mouth.
Montgomery New Testament
Repent; if you do not I will very soon come to you, and will make war upon them with the sword of my mouth.
NET Bible
Therefore, repent! If not, I will come against you quickly and make war against those people with the sword of my mouth.
New Heart English Bible
Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
Noyes New Testament
Repent therefore; or else I will come to thee quickly, and will make war with them with the sword of my mouth.
Sawyer New Testament
Change your minds therefore; otherwise I will come to you quickly, and fight with them with the sword of my mouth.
The Emphasized Bible
Repent, therefore, otherwise, I come unto thee speedily, - and will fight against them, with the sword of my mouth.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Repent! but if not, I am coming to thee quickly, and will war against them with the sword of my mouth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Therefore repent, or else, I will come quickly and contend with such men with words that will cut like a sword.
Webster
Repent; or else I will come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Weymouth New Testament
Repent, at once; or else I will come to you quickly, and will make war upon them with the sword which is in My mouth.
Williams New Testament
So repent, or else I will quickly come and make war upon them with the sword that comes from my mouth.
World English Bible
Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
Worrell New Testament
Repent, therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and will make war with them with the sword of My mouth.
Worsley New Testament
Repent therefore---if not, I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword that goeth out of my mouth.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Themes
Fellowship » With the wicked » Punishment of
Lukewarmness » Instances of » A congregation at » Pergamos
Pergamos » One of the "seven congregations" in
Repentance » Neglect of, followed by swift judgment
teaching » Those that teach others to break the commandments
Topics
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References
Word Count of 38 Translations in Revelation 2:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Letter To The Church In Pergamum
15 And in the same way, you also have some people [there] who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans [See verse 6]. 16 So, repent, or I will come to you quickly and will attack those people with the sword of my mouth. 17 "The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches. To the person who has victory [in the Christian life] I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will [also] give him a white stone with a new name written on it, which no one understands, except the one who receives it."
Cross References
2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then the lawless person [See verse 3] will be revealed, the one whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the brilliant appearance of His presence [i.e., at His second coming].
Revelation 2:5
So, remember where you have fallen from and repent [i.e., change your hearts and lives] and do the things you did at first [i.e., when you were first converted], or else I will come and remove your lampstand from its place [i.e., I will not permit the congregation to survive], unless you repent.
Revelation 1:16
And He had seven stars in His right hand [See verse 20], and a sharp, double-edged sword came out of His mouth. And His face [shone] as the sun, shining in [all] its brilliance.
Revelation 2:12
"And write [this] to the angel of the church at Pergamum: These are the words of Him who has the sharp double-edged sword:
Acts 17:30-31
Now God made allowance for the times when people were still uninformed [about His complete will], but now [in the Gospel age] He requires all people everywhere to repent [i.e., change their hearts and lives].
Ephesians 6:17
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Holy Spirit, which is God's word.
Revelation 2:21-22
And I gave her time to repent, but she refused to repent of her sexual immorality.
Revelation 3:19
"I rebuke and discipline those I love, so be earnest and repent.
Revelation 16:9
And people were seared by the intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these judgments [i.e., the authority to inflict them], but they refused to repent and honor God. [See verse 2].
Revelation 19:15
And a sharp sword came out of His mouth, with which He would strike down the nations. And He will rule them with an iron staff and will trample on [the grapes of] God Almighty's winepress of anger.
Revelation 19:21
Then the rest of them [i.e., the kings and their armies. Verse 19] were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of the One riding the horse. And all the birds gorged on their flesh.
Revelation 22:7
And listen, I [i.e., Christ] am coming quickly! The person who obeys the words of the prophecy of this book is blessed."