Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. |
“Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. |
‘But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. |
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. |
But I have this [one charge to make] against you, that you have left (abandoned) the love that you had at first – you have deserted [Me], your first love. |
But I have [this] against you. Your love [for Me], that earliest love, you abandoned. |
But I hold this against you, that you do not love as you did at first. |
But I hold it against you that you do not love Me as you did at first. |
Nevertheless 235 I have 2192 somewhat against 2596 thee, 4675 because 3754 thou hast left 863 thy 4675 first 4413 love. 26 |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
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