Rev 2:14-15 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 14. I have a few things against thee ] Their good deeds are first carefully sought out and commended; what was wrong in them is touched with a gentle but effectual hand. The followers of Balaam, the Nicolaitanes, and the Gnostics, were probably all the same kind of persons; but . What the doctrine of Balaam was, see the notes on . It appears that there were some then in the Church at Pergamos who held eating things offered to idols in honour of those idols, and fornication, indifferent things. They associated with idolaters in the heathen temples, and partook with them in their religious festivals.

‏ Revelation of John 2:14-15

Verse 14. I have a few things against thee] Their good deeds are first carefully sought out and commended; what was wrong in them is touched with a gentle but effectual hand.

The followers of Balaam, the Nicolaitanes, and the Gnostics, were probably all the same kind of persons; but See Clarke on Re 2:6. What the doctrine of Balaam was, see the notes on Nu 24:1-25:18; 31:1-54. It appears that there were some then in the Church at Pergamos who held eating things offered to idols in honour of those idols, and fornication, indifferent things. They associated with idolaters in the heathen temples, and partook with them in their religious festivals.

Verse 15. The doctrine of the Nicolaitanes] See Clarke on Re 2:6.