Revelation 2:3

Revelation 2:3

The Loveless Church

1 “To the¹ angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says ^aHe who holds the seven stars in His right hand, ^bwho walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:

2 ^a“I know your works, your labor, your¹ patience, and that you cannot² bear those who are evil. And ^byou have tested those ^cwho say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars;

3 and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have ^anot become weary.

4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.

5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, ^aor else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.

6 But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

7 ^a“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give ^bto eat from ^cthe tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” ’

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Thou hast (exeiv). Continued possession of patience.

Didst bear (ebastasav). First aorist indicative of bastazw, repeated reference to the crisis in verse Revelation 2:2.

And hast not grown weary (kai ou kekopiakev). Perfect active indicative of kopiaw, old verb, to grow weary (Matthew 6:28), play on the word kopov, late form in -ev, for the regular -av (lelukav). like afhkev (verse Revelation 2:4) and peptwkev (verse Revelation 2:5). "Tired in loyalty, not of it. The Ephesian church can bear anything except the presence of impostors in her membership" (Moffatt).

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