2:15

In the same way: The people obeying the teaching of the Nicolaitans sinned in ways similar to the sinful ways of those obeying the teaching of Balaam (2:14b). For example:

Likewise (New International Version)
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In a similar way (New Living Translation (2004))

some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans:
This clause indicates that some of the people in the church in Pergamum followed the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Other ways to translate this clause are:

there are also some among you who follow the teaching of the Nicolaitans (NET Bible)
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You also have some who follow what the Nicolaitans teach. (God’s Word)
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among your number are some who hold just as closely to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. (Phillips’ New Testament in Modern English)

See how you spelled the name Nicolaitans in 2:6.

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