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Revelation 2:19

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

““I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.”

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“I know thy works, and thy love and faith and ministry and patience, and that thy last works are more than the first.”

— ASV

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Commentary

The oldest manuscripts transpose the English Version order, and read, "faith and service." The four are subordinate to "thy works"; thus, "I know thy works, even the love and the faith (these two forming one pair, as 'faith works by love,' Gal 5:6), and the service (ministration to the suffering members of the Church, and to all in spiritual or temporal need), and the endurance of (that is, shown by) thee (this pronoun belongs to all four)." As love is inward, so service is its outward manifestation. Similarly, faith and persevering endurance, or "patient continuance (the same Greek as here, Rom 2:7) in well-doing," are connected. and thy works; and the last--Omit the second "and," with the three oldest manuscripts and the ancient versions; translate, "And (I know) thy works which are last (to be) more in number than the first"; realizing Th1 4:1; the converse of Mat 12:45; Pe2 2:20. Instead of retrograding from "the first works" and "first love," as Ephesus, Thyatira's last works exceeded her first (Rev 2:4-5).

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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