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Revelation 2:6 — King James Version← Study notes

But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.


Revelation 2:6Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 2:612 words
GreekMeaning
ἀλλὰalla
ButwordG235
τοῦτοtouto
thisdemonstrativeG3778
ἔχειςecheis
you haveverbG2192
ὅτιhoti
thatadverbG3754
μισεῖςmiseis
you hateverbG3404
τὰta
thearticleG3588
ἔργαerga
worksnounG2041
τῶνtōn
of thearticleG3588
ΝικολαϊτῶνNikolaitōn
NicolaitansnounG3531
ha
whichrelative pronounG3739
κἀγὼkagō
I myself alsopronounG2504
μισῶmisō
hateverbG3404
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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…

Victorinus of Pettau · 3rd century · Commentary on the Apocalypse
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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