But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

There (εκε). That is παρ' υμιν (among you). A party in the church that resisted emperorworship, to the death in the case of Antipa…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

But I have a few things against you. As against the church at Ephesus (Revelation 2:4). The charge against this church, howeve…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

But I have a few things against you—the word “few” is not to be taken as if the ground of rebuke was a trivial one. The l…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

But I have a few things against you
The members of this church before their open separation from the apostasy; who s…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The word of God is a sword, able to slay both sin and sinners. It turns and cuts every way, but the believer need not fear this sword; yet this con…

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