Revelation 2:16
New International Version
Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

New Living Translation
Repent of your sin, or I will come to you suddenly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

English Standard Version
Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore repent! But if not, I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth.

King James Bible
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

New King James Version
Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.

NASB 1995
‘Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth.

NASB 1977
‘Repent therefore; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore repent. But if not, I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth.

Amplified Bible
Therefore repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, your sinful behavior—seek God’s will]; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war and fight against them with the sword of My mouth [in judgment].

Christian Standard Bible
So repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and fight 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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Repent therefore, or else I shall come upon you at once, and I shall make war with them with the sword of my mouth.”

Contemporary English Version
Turn back! If you don't, I will come quickly and fight against these people. And my words will cut like a sword.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In like manner do penance: if not, I will come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

English Revised Version
Repent therefore; or else I come to thee quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So return to me and change the way you think and act, or I will come to you quickly and wage war against them with the sword from my mouth.

Good News Translation
Now turn from your sins! If you don't, I will come to you soon and fight against those people with the sword that comes out of my mouth.

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.

Literal Standard Version
Convert! And if not, I come to you quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.

Majority Standard Bible
Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.

New American Bible
Therefore, repent. Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and wage war against 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 Revised Standard Version
Repent then. If not, I will come to you soon and make war against them 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

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.

Young's Literal Translation
'Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
To the Church in Pergamum
15In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 16Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth. 17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.…

Cross References
Isaiah 49:2
He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.

2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

Revelation 1:16
He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

Revelation 2:5
Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

Revelation 2:12
To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.

Revelation 22:7
"Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book."

Revelation 22:20
He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!


Treasury of Scripture

Repent; or else I will come to you quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Repent.

Revelation 2:5,21,22
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…

Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Revelation 16:9
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

else.

Revelation 2:5
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.

will fight.

Revelation 2:12
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;

Revelation 1:16
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

Revelation 19:15,21
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God…

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Verse 16. - Repent therefore; or else I come to thee quickly (see on ver. 5). Some take "in like manner" with this verse: "In like manner (as Ephesus) repent therefore;" but this is not probable. Repent of having allowed some members to follow the examples of Balaam and of the Nicolaitans. With the sword of my mouth (comp. Revelation 1:16 and Revelation 2:12). It is possible that there is here another allusion to Balaam. It was with a drawn sword that the angel of the Lord withstood him (Numbers 22:23), and with the sword that he was slain (Numbers 31:8; Joshua 13:22). Those who follow Balaam in his sin shall follow him in his punishment; and the Church which allows such things will have to suffer along with those who commit them (comp. 2 Thessalonians 2:8).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Therefore
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

repent!
μετανόησον (metanoēson)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 3340: From meta and noieo; to think differently or afterwards, i.e. Reconsider.

Otherwise
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

I will come
ἔρχομαί (erchomai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

to you
σοι (soi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

shortly
ταχύ (tachy)
Adverb
Strong's 5035: Quickly, speedily. Neuter singular of tachus; shortly, i.e. Without delay, soon, or suddenly, or readily.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

wage war
πολεμήσω (polemēsō)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 4170: To make war, contend, fight, battle. From polemos; to be in warfare, i.e. To battle: -fight, war.

against
μετ’ (met’)
Preposition
Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

them
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

with
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sword
ῥομφαίᾳ (rhomphaia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4501: A sword, scimitar; fig: war, piercing grief. Probably of foreign origin; a sabre, i.e. A long and broad cutlass.

of My
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

mouth.
στόματός (stomatos)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 4750: The mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.


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