Revelation 2:19
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“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.”
ὑπομονή
Patient endurance, steadfast waiting. Hupomone. You have need of endurance so that having done the will of God you may receive what is promised. Endurance is the last virtue between you and the promise.
πίστις
faith
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πίστις
Faith, trust, belief, faithfulness. Pistis. Without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith is the currency of the kingdom. Everything flows to those who trust God completely.
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πρῶτος
first.
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πρῶτος
First, foremost, chief. Protos. The first shall be last and the last first. God constantly reverses human rankings. What the world considers great God may consider least.
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διακονία
service
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διακονία
attendance (as a servant, etc.); figuratively (eleemosynary) aid, (official) service (especially of the Christian teacher, or technically of the diaconate)
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ἔργον
works
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ἔργον
Work, deed, act. Ergon. We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works. Good works are not the root of salvation. They are the fruit of it.
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ἔσχατος
latter
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ἔσχατος
Last, final. I am the first and the last. Jesus holds both ends of time. Nothing catches Him by surprise and nothing is beyond His reach.
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πλείων
are] greater
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πλείων
more in quantity, number, or quality; also (in plural) the major portion
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