Revelation 2

Which worship songs are based on Revelation 2?

  1. If We Don’t Have You - Live — Gateway Worship (2023) Revelation 2:4-5

    The confession of having forgotten an earlier love unmistakably recalls Christ’s rebuke to the Ephesian church for abandoning the love it had at first, followed by a call to repent and return.

  2. Embers — Kari Jobe (2020) Revelation 2:4-5

    The Church's diminished devotion and appeal to recover its earliest love directly engage Christ's warning to the Ephesian church that it had abandoned the love it had at first.

  3. First Love - Live — Kari Jobe (2020) Revelation 2:4-5

    The language of returning to an original love closely engages Christ’s call to the Ephesian church to recognize its abandoned first love and return to its former devotion.

  4. Holy Spirit Welcome — Bridge Worship (2023) Revelation 2:4-5

    The movement from confession and repentance toward recovering an earlier love closely reflects Christ’s call to the Ephesian church to repent and return to its first love.

  5. Menorah — Jackie Hill Perry & nobigdyl. (2025) Revelation 2:4-5

    The song closely follows Christ’s charge against Ephesus: the church has abandoned its former love and faces removal of its lampstand unless it repents. The title’s menorah functions as that threatened lampstand.

  6. Minha Alma Te Ama (Ao Vivo) — Isadora Pompeo (2024) Revelation 2:4-5

    The description of Jesus as the soul’s first love, together with the remembrance of former intimacy, closely echoes Christ’s call to the church in Ephesus to remember and return to its first love.

  7. Take Me Back — DOE (2022) Revelation 2:4-5

    The plea to recover an earlier love, together with recognition of spiritual decline and a desire to return to the beginning, closely parallels Christ’s call to the Ephesian church to remember, repent, and resume its former devotion.

  8. Rescue — Bethel Music (2021) Revelation 2:4-5

    The spontaneous section closely echoes Christ's warning to the church in Ephesus about abandoning its first love and the accompanying call to remember and return.

  9. My First Love — Mandisa (2017) Revelation 2:4-5

    The repeated desire to return to an earlier love and renew former devotion closely reflects Christ’s admonition to the church in Ephesus to remember, repent, and return after abandoning its first love.

  10. First Love (Reimagined) — Hillsong Young & Free (2018) Revelation 2:4-5

    The repeated appeal to restore and reprioritize an earlier love closely echoes Christ’s rebuke to the church in Ephesus for abandoning its first love and his call for it to return.

  11. Move — Jesus Culture (2018) Revelation 2:4-5

    The spontaneous appeal to return to Jesus as the community's first love recalls Christ's warning to the Ephesian church that it had abandoned its first love and needed to repent and return.

  12. Spirit and Truth — Sean Feucht (2018) Revelation 2:4-5

    The repeated plea for restoration to an earlier devotion closely reflects Christ’s warning to the church in Ephesus that it had abandoned its original love and needed to return.

  13. Wrath of the Lamb — Chaotic Resemblance (2022) Revelation 2:4-5

    The appeal to repentance and renewed first love reflects Christ's warning to the church at Ephesus to recover its abandoned original devotion.

  14. First Love Fire - Live — Leeland (2019) Revelation 2:4-5

    The repeated appeal to recover an earlier love for Jesus closely reflects Christ’s message to the church in Ephesus, which is told to remember the love it had at first and return to its former devotion.

  15. Poppin - Remix — Bizzle (2024) Revelation 2:9

    The second verse directly uses Revelation’s designation for people who falsely claim covenant identity while opposing Christ’s faithful community.

  16. Bamboozled (Revelation 2:9) — Bizzle (2022) Revelation 2:9

    The subtitle identifies this verse directly, and the closing accusation adopts its description of false claimants to Jewish identity and their association with Satan. In Revelation, the phrase occurs in Christ's message to the persecuted church in Smyrna.

  17. Death of Giants — Gold, Frankincense, & Myrrh (2016) Revelation 2:10

    The promised crown after enduring agony and facing death reflects Christ’s promise of the crown of life to those who remain faithful through persecution, even unto death.

Revelation 2 (King James Version)

1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.

7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;

13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.

16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;

19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.

20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.

22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.

25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.

26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

28 And I will give him the morning star.

29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.