5Remember 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.
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Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. …
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)We have here, I. The inscription, where observe, 1. To whom the first of these epistles is directed: To the church of Ephesus , a famous church planted by the apostle Paul (Acts 19:1-41), and afterwards watered and governed by John, who had his residence very much there. We can hardly think that Timothy was the angel, or sole pastor and bishop, of this church at this time,—that he who was of a ver…
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