Revelation 2:16

Christ commands them to repent, or he will come and war against the false teachers with the sword of his mouth. It matters because unrepented compromise invites Christ's judgment.

Cross-references · 14

• 2 Th 2:8Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;
• Rev 1:16He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
• Rev 2:5Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.
• Eph 6:17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
• Rev 19:21The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, the sword which came out of his mouth. All the birds were filled with their flesh.
• Rev 19:15Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
• Isa 11:4but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
• Isa 49:2He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
• Rev 2:12“To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write: “He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
• Acts 17:30–31The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
• Rev 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
• Rev 2:21–22I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
• Rev 16:9People were scorched with great heat, and people blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues. They didn’t repent and give him glory.
• Rev 22:7“Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

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