Yet this you have: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Christ holds the ministers of the gospel in His right hand, directs their every motion, fills them with light, and keeps them from falling. He walks in the midst of His churches in intimate presence, caring for both pastors and people with the same constant attention He gives to the stars.
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Commenting on Revelation 2:1-7
But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans,.... Though these Christians had left their first love, yet they bore an hatred to the filthy and impure practices of some men, who were called "Nicolaitans"; who committed fornication, adultery, and all uncleanness, and had their wives in common, and also ate things offered to idols; who were so called, as some think...
Verse 6. But this thou hast. This thou hast that I approve of, or that I can commend. That thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes. Gr., works---ταεργα. The word Nicolaitanes occurs only in this place, and in . From the reference in the latter place, it is clear that the doctrines which they held prevailed at Pergamos as well as at Ephesus; but from...