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Rev 2:5 — Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Remember		Rev 3:3,19; Eze 16:61-63; Eze 20:43; Eze 36:31; 2Pe 1:12,13
thou art		Isa 14:12; Hsa 14:1; Gal 5:4; Jud 1:24
and repent		Rev 2:16,21,22; Rev 3:3,19; Rev 9:20,21; Rev 16:9; Act 17:30,31
and do		Rev 2:19; Rev 3:2,3; Isa 1:26; Jer 2:2,3; Hsa 9:10; Mal 3:4; Mal 4:6; Luk 1:17
else		Rev 2:16; Rev 3:3; Mat 21:41-43; Mat 24:48-51; Mar 12:9; Luk 12:45,46; Luk 20:16

Correlating Passages

Remember

	Rev 3:3	Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
	Rev 3:19	As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
	Eze 16:61	Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.
	Eze 16:62	And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD:
	Eze 16:63	That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
	Eze 20:43	And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
	Eze 36:31	Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that [were] not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
	2Pe 1:12	Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know [them], and be established in the present truth.
	2Pe 1:13	Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance;

thou art

	Isa 14:12	How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
	Hsa 14:1	O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
	Gal 5:4	Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
	Jud 1:24	Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

and repent

	Rev 2:16	Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
	Rev 2:21	And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
	Rev 2:22	Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
	Rev 3:3	Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
	Rev 3:19	As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
	Rev 9:20	And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
	Rev 9:21	Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
	Rev 16:9	And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
	Act 17:30	And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
	Act 17:31	Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained; [whereof] he hath given assurance unto all [men], in that he hath raised him from the dead.

and do

	Rev 2:19	I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last [to be] more than the first.
	Rev 3:2	Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
	Rev 3:3	Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
	Isa 1:26	And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
	Jer 2:2	Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land [that was] not sown.
	Jer 2:3	Israel [was] holiness unto the LORD, [and] the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
	Hsa 9:10	I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: [but] they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto [that] shame; and [their] abominations were according as they loved.
	Mal 3:4	Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
	Mal 4:6	And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
	Luk 1:17	And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

else

	Rev 2:16	Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
	Rev 3:3	Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
	Mat 21:41	They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out [his] vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
	Mat 21:42	Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
	Mat 21:43	Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
	Mat 24:48	But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
	Mat 24:49	And shall begin to smite [his] fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
	Mat 24:50	The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for [him], and in an hour that he is not aware of,
	Mat 24:51	And shall cut him asunder, and appoint [him] his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
	Mar 12:9	What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
	Luk 12:45	But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
	Luk 12:46	The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for [him], and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
	Luk 20:16	He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard [it], they said, God forbid.

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Scott, Thomas. "Revelation 2:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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