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To the Church in Ephesus

Revelation 2:4

In 9 translations

BSB
But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.
KJV
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
WEB
But I have this against you, that you left your first love.
ASV
But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.
LSV
But I have against you that you left your first love!
YLT
'But I have against thee: That thy first love thou didst leave!
DBY
but I have against thee, that thou hast left thy first love.
DRC
But I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first charity.
GNV
Neuertheles, I haue somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first loue.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Spelling of ἀλλ᾽: NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text: ἀλλὰ.
  • Spelling of ἀφῆκες: Textus Receptus: ἀφῆκας.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἀλλὰ ἔχω κατὰ σοῦ ὅτι τὴν ἀγάπην σου τὴν πρώτην ἀφῆκες.
RP2018
Ἀλλὰ ἔχω κατὰ σοῦ, ὅτι τὴν ἀγάπην σου τὴν πρώτην ἀφῆκας.
TR-Boyd
Ἀλλ᾿ ἔχω κατὰ σοῦ, ὅτι τὴν ἀγάπην σου τὴν πρώτην ἀφῆκας.
SCR1894
αλλ εχω κατα σου οτι την αγαπην σου την πρωτην αφηκας

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 24:12–13Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
  • Jeremiah 2:2–5“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown. Israel was holy to…
  • Hebrews 6:10–11For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so. We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end,…
  • Philippians 1:9And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
  • 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.
  • Revelation 3:14–17To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation. I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one…
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:9–10Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another. And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But…
  • Philippians 3:13–16Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling…
  • Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual…
  • Revelation 2:20But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

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