Revelation 2:4

2:4 But I have this against you: You have departed ¹  from your first love!

Revelation 2:14

2:14 But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, ²  who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block ³  before the people ⁴  of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. ⁵ 

¹ tn The Greek word translated “departed from” (ἀφίημι, afihmi; L&N 15.48) can actually be used of divorce (L&N 34.78), so the imagery here is very strong.

² sn See Num 22-24; 31:16.

³ tn That is, a cause for sinning. An alternate translation is “who instructed Balak to cause the people of Israel to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols…”

⁴ tn Grk “sons,” but the expression υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραήλ (Juioi Israhl) is an idiom for the people of Israel as an ethnic entity (see L&N 11.58).

⁵ tn Due to the actual events in the OT (Num 22-24; 31:16), πορνεῦσαι (porneusai) is taken to mean “sexual immorality.” BDAG 854 s.v. πορνεύω 1 states, “engage in illicit sex, to fornicate, to whore…W. φαγεῖν εἰδωλόθυτα ‘eat meat offered to idols’ Rv 2:14, 20.”