“Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.”
Therefore repent — if not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth — the conditional threat warns that Christ will personally judge the church's unfaithful members if corporate repentance does not occur. His coming (erchomai) here is for judgment within history, not necessarily the parousia.
Church Fathers on Revelation 2:16
“You have there some who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught in the case of Balak that he should put a stumbling-block before the children of Israel, to eat and to commit fornication. So also have you them who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes; but I will fight with them with the sword of my mouth.” That is, I will say what I shall command, and I will tell you what you shall do. For Balaam, with his doctrine, taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the eyes of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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