Revelation 2:14-16

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¹⁴^(A) I do have a few things against you. Some of you are following the teaching of Balaam.^[a] Long ago he told Balak to teach the people of Israel to eat food that had been offered to idols and to be immoral. ¹⁵Now some of you are following the teaching of the Nicolaitans.^[b] ¹⁶Turn back! If you don't, I will come quickly and fight against these people. And my words will cut like a sword.

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Footnotes

2.14 Balaam: According to Numbers 22–24, Balaam refused to disobey the Lord. But in other books of the Old Testament, he is spoken of as evil (see Deuteronomy 23.4,5; Joshua 13.22; 24.9,10; Nehemiah 13.2).
2.15 Nicolaitans: See the note at 2.6.