⁶ But at least you have the credit of hating the works of the Nicolaitans, as I do.

¹⁴ But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh.

¹⁵ And you have those who keep the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

² And Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went to King Jehoshaphat and said to him, Is it right for you to go to the help of evil-doers, loving the haters of the Lord? because of this, the wrath of the Lord has come on you.

⁵ I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.

³ I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me.

²¹ Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me?

²² My hate for them is complete; my thoughts of them are as if they were making war on me.

⁹ Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.

¹⁰ If anyone comes to you not having this teaching, do not take him into your house or give him words of love: