Bible Strands
Revelation 2:21
Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses the church in Thyatira, delivering a warning after noting their tolerance of a woman called Jezebel who misleads believers into sexual immorality and idolatry.
The words — The Greek ἔδωκα (edōka) translates literally as "I have given," paired with μετανοήσῃ (metanoēsē), "she may repent," framing the divine action as a deliberate grant of opportunity.
The thread — This pattern of granted time for repentance appears in Romans 2:4, where God’s kindness leads to repentance, and 2 Peter 3:9, which describes divine patience as delaying judgment.
Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment that prolonged opportunity does not guarantee response, requiring the reader to examine their own willingness to turn from sin before judgment arrives.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
Cross-references
- 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
- Romans 2:4 Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
- Revelation 9:20 Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
- Revelation 16:9 And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
- Revelation 16:11 and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores. Yet they did not repent of their deeds.
- 1 Peter 3:20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
- 2 Peter 3:15 Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.
- Jeremiah 8:4 So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return?
- Romans 9:22 What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?