Revelation 2:21

2:21 I ¹  have given her time to repent, but ²  she is not willing to repent of her sexual immorality.

Revelation 18:5

18:5 because her sins have piled ³  up all the way to heaven ⁴  and God has remembered ⁵  her crimes. ⁶ 

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¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and contemporary English style.

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to bring out the contrast present in this woman’s obstinate refusal to repent.

³ tn On ἐκολλήθησαν (ekollhqhsan) BDAG 556 s.v. κολλάω 2.a.β states, “fig. cling to = come in close contact with (cp. Ps 21:16; 43:26 ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν. The act.=‘bring into contact’ PGM 5, 457 κολλήσας τ. λίθον τῷ ὠτίῳ) ἐκολλήθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἄχρι τ. οὐρανοῦ the sins have touched the heaven = reached the sky (two exprs. are telescoped) Rv 18:5.”

⁴ tn Or “up to the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

⁵ tn That is, remembered her sins to execute judgment on them.

⁶ tn Or “her sins.”