Revelation 2:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latter deeds are greater than your first.”
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“I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latter deeds are greater than your first.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I know thy works, and thy love and faith and ministry and patience, and that thy last works are more than the first.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I have known thy works, and love, and ministration, and faith, and thy endurance, and thy works--and the last <FI>are<Fi> more than the first.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Revelation 2:19 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 17:9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
- Psalms 92:14In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
- Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- John 15:2He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
- 1 Corinthians 13:1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.
- Colossians 3:14And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:6But just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
- 1 Timothy 1:5The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
- 1 Peter 4:8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
- 2 Peter 1:7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
- 2 Peter 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- Revelation 2:2I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.
- Revelation 2:9I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
- Revelation 2:13I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
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