Revelation 2:5

2:5 Therefore, remember from what high state ¹  you have fallen and repent! Do ²  the deeds you did at the first; ³  if not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place – that is, if you do not repent. ⁴ 

Ezekiel 16:61-63

16:61 Then you will remember your conduct, and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you. 16:62 I will establish my covenant with you, and then you will know that I am the Lord. 16:63 Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent ⁵  when I make atonement for all you have done, ⁶  declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 20:43

20:43 And there you will remember your conduct ⁷  and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves. You will despise yourselves ⁸  because of all the evil deeds you have done.

Ezekiel 36:31

36:31 Then you will remember your evil behavior ⁹  and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds.

Hebrews 2:1-2

Warning Against Drifting Away

2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2:2 For if the message spoken through angels ¹⁰  proved to be so firm that every violation ¹¹  or disobedience received its just penalty,

Hebrews 1:13

1:13 But to which of the angels ¹²  has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”? ¹³ 

Hebrews 3:1

Jesus and Moses

3:1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, ¹⁴  partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, ¹⁵ 

[2:5]  ¹ tn Grk “from where,” but status is in view rather than physical position. On this term BDAG 838 s.v. πόθεν 1 states, “from what place? from where?…In imagery μνημόνευε πόθεν πέπτωκες remember from what (state) you have fallen Rv 2:5.”

[2:5]  ² tn Grk “and do” (a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text). For stylistic reasons in English a new sentence was started here in the translation. The repeated mention of repenting at the end of the verse suggests that the intervening material (“do the deeds you did at first”) specifies how the repentance is to be demonstrated.

[2:5]  ³ tn Or “you did formerly.”

[2:5]  ⁴ tn Although the final clause is somewhat awkward, it is typical of the style of Revelation.

[16:63]  ⁵ tn Heb “and your mouth will not be open any longer.”

[16:63]  ⁶ tn Heb “when I make atonement for you for all which you have done.”

[20:43]  ⁷ tn Heb “ways.”

[20:43]  ⁸ tn Heb “loathe yourselves in your faces.”

[36:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “ways.”

[2:2]  ¹⁰ sn The message spoken through angels refers to the OT law, which according to Jewish tradition was mediated to Moses through angels (cf. Deut 33:2; Ps 68:17-18; Acts 7:38, 53; Gal 3:19; and Jub. 1:27, 29; Josephus, Ant. 15.5.3 [15.136]).

[2:2]  ¹¹ tn Grk “through angels became valid and every violation.”

[1:13]  ¹² sn The parallel phrases to which of the angels in vv. 5 and 13 show the unity of this series of quotations (vv. 5-14) in revealing the superiority of the Son over angels (v. 4).

[1:13]  ¹³ sn A quotation from Ps 110:1.

[3:1]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

[3:1]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “of our confession.”