Revelation 2:16
2:16 Therefore, 1 repent! If not, I will come against you quickly and make war against those people 2 with the sword of my mouth.
Revelation 20:15
20:15 If 3 anyone’s name 4 was not found written in the book of life, that person 5 was thrown into the lake of fire.
1 tc The “therefore” (οὖν, oun) is not found in א 2053 2329 2351 ÏA or the Latin mss. It is, however, included in impressive witnesses such as {A C 046 1006 1611 syp,h co}. Though the conjunction looks at first glance like a scribal clarification, its omission may be explained on the basis of its similarity to the last three letters of the verb “repent” (μετανόησον, metanohson; since οὖν is a postpositive conjunction in Greek, the final three letters of the verb [-σον, -son] would have been immediately followed by ουν). A scribe could have simply passed over the conjunction in his copy when he saw the last three letters of the imperative verb. A decision is difficult, however, because of the motivation to add to the text and the quality of witnesses that lack the conjunction.
2 tn Grk “with them”; the referent (those people who follow the teaching of Balaam and the Nicolaitans) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
4 tn The word “name” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
5 tn Grk “he”; the pronoun has been intensified by translating as “that person.”