Wahyu 2:5

2:5 Therefore, remember from what high state ¹  you have fallen and repent! Do ²  the deeds you did at the first; ³  if not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place – that is, if you do not repent. ⁴ 

Wahyu 2:14

2:14 But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, ⁵  who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block ⁶  before the people ⁷  of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. ⁸ 

Wahyu 3:3

3:3 Therefore, remember what you received and heard, ⁹  and obey it, ¹⁰  and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never ¹¹  know at what hour I will come against ¹²  you.

Wahyu 13:4

13:4 they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authority ¹³  to the beast, and they worshiped the beast too, saying: “Who is like the beast?” and “Who is able to make war against him?” ¹⁴ 

Wahyu 14:13

14:13 Then ¹⁵  I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this:

‘Blessed are the dead,

those who die in the Lord from this moment on!’”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they can rest from their hard work, ¹⁶  because their deeds will follow them.” ¹⁷ 

[2:5]  ¹ tn Grk “from where,” but status is in view rather than physical position. On this term BDAG 838 s.v. πόθεν 1 states, “from what place? from where?…In imagery μνημόνευε πόθεν πέπτωκες remember from what (state) you have fallen Rv 2:5.”

[2:5]  ² tn Grk “and do” (a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text). For stylistic reasons in English a new sentence was started here in the translation. The repeated mention of repenting at the end of the verse suggests that the intervening material (“do the deeds you did at first”) specifies how the repentance is to be demonstrated.

[2:5]  ³ tn Or “you did formerly.”

[2:5]  ⁴ tn Although the final clause is somewhat awkward, it is typical of the style of Revelation.

[2:14]  ⁵ sn See Num 22-24; 31:16.

[2:14]  ⁶ tn That is, a cause for sinning. An alternate translation is “who instructed Balak to cause the people of Israel to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols…”

[2:14]  ⁷ tn Grk “sons,” but the expression υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραήλ (Juioi Israhl) is an idiom for the people of Israel as an ethnic entity (see L&N 11.58).

[2:14]  ⁸ tn Due to the actual events in the OT (Num 22-24; 31:16), πορνεῦσαι (porneusai) is taken to mean “sexual immorality.” BDAG 854 s.v. πορνεύω 1 states, “engage in illicit sex, to fornicate, to whore…W. φαγεῖν εἰδωλόθυτα ‘eat meat offered to idols’ Rv 2:14, 20.”

[3:3]  ⁹ tn The expression πῶς εἴληφας καὶ ἤκουσας (pw" eilhfa" kai hkousa") probably refers to the initial instruction in the Christian life they had received and been taught; this included doctrine and ethical teaching.

[3:3]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “keep it,” in the sense of obeying what they had initially been taught.

[3:3]  ¹¹ tn The negation here is with οὐ μή (ou mh, the strongest possible form of negation in Koine Greek).

[3:3]  ¹² tn Or “come on.”

[13:4]  ¹³ tn For the translation “ruling authority” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.

[13:4]  ¹⁴ tn On the use of the masculine pronoun to refer to the beast, see the note on the word “It” in 13:1.

[14:13]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[14:13]  ¹⁶ tn Or “from their trouble” (L&N 22.7).

[14:13]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “their deeds will follow with them.”