17 Grk “But you do have this.” The words “going for you” are supplied to complete the English idiom; other phrases like “in your favor” () or “to your credit” () could also be supplied.
18 The Nicolaitans were a sect (sometimes associated with Nicolaus, one of the seven original deacons in the church in Jerusalem according to Acts 6:5) that apparently taught that Christians could engage in immoral behavior with impunity.
19 The expression τὰ ἔργα τῶν Νικολαϊτῶν (ta erga tōn Nikolaitōn) has been translated as a subjective genitive.

In other versions

Yet this you have: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

Yet you do have this: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

But this is in your favor: You hate the evil deeds of the Nicolaitans, just as I do.

But you do have this: that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, things which I also hate.

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

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