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So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans in the same way.
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Commentators overwhelmingly agree that the phrase 'in like manner' directly connects the teaching of the Nicolaitans with the 'doctrine of Balaam' from the previous verse. Both groups promoted compromise with pagan culture, specifically by encouraging participation in idolatrous feasts and sexual immorality. The church was tolerating a teaching that led believers back into the very sins they were saved from.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
So you also have them, etc. That is, there are those among you who hold those doctrines. The meaning here may be, either that, in addition…
So thou also (ουτως κα συ). Thou and the church at Pergamum as Israel had the wiles of Balaam.
The teaching of the …
19th Century
Anglican
So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes—i.e., you, as well as those of old, have such …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So have you also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans These impure heretics…
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…
