Revelation 2:20

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Summary

Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

I have

Revelation 2:4

That woman

2 Kings 9:7

And to seduce

Bible References

I have

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

That woman

And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.

And to seduce

But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?