THE LETTER TO EPHESUS

Revelation 2:1—7

To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write:
These things says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands.
I know your works–I mean your toil and your steadfast endurance, and I know you cannot bear evil men, and that you have put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and who are not, and have proved them liars. I know that you possess steadfast endurance. I know all that you have borne for my name’s sake and I know that you have not been worn out by your efforts. All the same, I have this against you–that you have left your first love. Remember, then, whence you have fallen, and repent, and make your conduct such as it was at first. If you do not, I am coming to you, and I will remove your lampstand from its place, if you do not repent.
But you do possess this virtue–you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I too hate.
Let him who has an ear hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. I will give to him who overcomes to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.

Barclay, W. (2004). The Revelation of John (3rd ed. fully rev. and updated., Vol. 1, p. 64). Louisville, KY; London: Westminster John Knox Press.

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