“But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.”
But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call 'the deep things of Satan' — I do not lay on you any other burden — the phrase "deep things of Satan" may be the Nicolaitans' boast about esoteric knowledge; Christ dismisses this as satanic, not divine mystery. The faithful remnant faces no additional demand beyond what they already practice.
Church Fathers on Revelation 2:24
“To him that overcomes I will give the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone.” The hidden manna is immortality; the white gem is adoption to be the son of God; the new name written on the stone is “Christian.” The fourth class intimates the nobility of the faithful, who labour daily, and do greater works. But even among them also He shows that there are men of an easy disposition to grant unlawful peace, and to listen to new forms of prophesying; and He reproves…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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