“But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.”
Yet this you have in your favor: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate — the Nicolaitans appear to advocate compromise with pagan society, possibly including eating meat sacrificed to idols or sexual immorality. Ephesus's hatred of their works (not their persons) represents right discernment, though love must still characterize the church's stance.
Church Fathers on Revelation 2:6
“This you have also, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitanes.” But because you yourself hate those who hold the doctrines of the Nicolaitanes, you expect praise. Moreover, to hate the works of the Nicolaitanes, which He Himself also hated, this tends to praise. But the works of the Nicolaitanes were in that time false and troublesome men, who, as ministers under the name of Nicolaus, had made for themselves a heresy, to the effect that what had been offered to idols might…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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