Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
somewhat . . . because—Translate, "I have against thee (this) that," etc. It is not a mere somewhat"; it is everything. How characteristic of our gracious Lord, that He puts foremost all He can find to approve, and only after this notes the shortcomings!
left thy first love—to Christ. Compare I Timothy 5:12, "cast off their first faith." See the Ephesians' first love, Ephesians 1:15. This epistle was written under Domitian, when thirty years had elapsed since Paul had written his Epistle to them. Their warmth of love had given place to a lifeless orthodoxy. Compare Paul's view of faith so called without love, I Corinthians 13:2.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Revelation 2:4:
Hebrews 10:32
Revelation 2:19
Revelation 3:3
Revelation 17:2
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