Revelation 2:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

Remember

2 Peter 1:12

Thou art

And repent

Acts 17:30

And do

Else

Luke 20:16

General references

Exodus 40:24

Matthew 25:7

1 Corinthians 11:31

Bible References

Remember

Remember what you received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If you do not stay awake, I will come to you like a thief. You will not know the hour when I will come to you.

You will remember how you have acted, and be ashamed of it when you get your older sister and your younger sister back. I will let them be like daughters to you, even though this was not part of my covenant with you.'

There you will remember the way you lived and everything you did to dishonor yourselves. You will be disgusted by every wrong thing that you did.

Then you will remember your evil ways and the bad things that you did. You will hate yourselves for all these wicked and disgusting things.

I will always be ready to remind you of these things. Even though you know them, and are established in the truth that is present with you.

Thou art

O how you have fallen from heaven, you morning star (shining one), and son of the dawn! How you have been cut down to the ground, you who conquered nations!

Return, O Israel, to Jehovah your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

You who seek to be righteous by Law are separated from Christ. You have fallen away from grace.

Now to him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish with exceeding joy.

And repent

Turn away from your sins! If you do not repent I will come to you soon. And I will fight against those people with the sword that comes out of my mouth.

Remember what you received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If you do not stay awake, I will come to you like a thief. You will not know the hour when I will come to you.

The rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshipping demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk.

Men were scorched with great heat. They blasphemed the name of God, who has power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

God overlooked the times of ignorance; but now he commands men everywhere to repent.

And do

I know your works. I know your love, your faithfulness, your service, and your patience. I know that you are doing more now than you did at first.

Be watchful, and strengthen the things that remain that are at the point of death: for I have not found your works perfect (completed) before God.

I will give you judges like you had long ago, advisers like you had in the beginning. After that you will be called the Righteous City, the Faithful City.

Go and announce to Jerusalem, 'This is what Jehovah says: I remember the unfailing loyalty of your youth, the love you had for me as a bride. I remember how you followed me into the desert, into a land that was not sown (farmed).

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season. They came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame. They became as detestable as that which they loved.

The offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to Jehovah like it was in the old days, in ancient years.

He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers and bring them together again before I come and strike the earth with destruction (a curse).

He will go before God in the spirit and power of Elijah. He will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness. This will make ready a people whose hearts have been directed to Jehovah (YHWH). (Malachi 3:1)

Else

Turn away from your sins! If you do not repent I will come to you soon. And I will fight against those people with the sword that comes out of my mouth.

Remember what you received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If you do not stay awake, I will come to you like a thief. You will not know the hour when I will come to you.

They all said: He will put those cruel men to death. Then he will find other workmen who are worthy and who will give him fruit when it is ready.

But if that evil servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays,

What will the lord of the vineyard do? He will destroy the field workers and give the vineyard to others.

If that servant says in his heart, my master delays his coming; and beats the other servants and eats and drinks to excess,

He will come and destroy the renters and will give the vineyard to others. When they heard it, they said, God forbid!

General references

He placed the lamp stand in the tent of meeting opposite the table, on the south side of the tent.

The virgins awoke and trimmed their lamps.

For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.