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Nicolaitanes

The church at Ephesus (Rev. 2:6) is commended for hating the “deeds” of the Nicolaitanes, and the church of Pergamos is blamed for having them who hold their “doctrines” (15). They were seemingly a class of professing Christians, who sought to introduce into the church a false freedom or licentiousness, thus abusing Paul’s doctrine of grace (comp. 2 Pet. 2:15, 16, 19), and were probably identical with those who held the doctrine of Baalam (q.v.), Rev. 2:14.

In the Bible

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Verses where Nicolaitanes is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Revelation 2:6

    But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

  • Revelation 2:15

    In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

Scripture on Nicolaitanes

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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