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Revelation 2:20

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But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

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The Roman Empire of the New TestamentThe Roman Empire around the Mediterranean, the political world of the New Testament.
The Seven Churches of RevelationAsia Minor showing the location of the seven churches addressed in Revelation.

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Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, and Thyatira were cities in the Roman province of Asia, in western Asia Minor (modern Turkey), housing churches addressed by the risen Christ. Revelation 2:20 specifically concerns Thyatira, whose believers were warned against tolerating false teaching and moral

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Revelation 2:20 mentions Ephesus, Pergamum, Smyrna and Thyatira.

Ephesus · Benh LIEU SONG
Pergamum · Adam Jones
Smyrna · 31774
Thyatira · Quintucket

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