Revelation 2:1-7
To the Church in Ephesus
2“To the angel of the church in aEphesus write: This is what the One who holds bthe seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks 1,camong the seven golden lampstands, says:
2‘aI know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot bear with those who are evil, and you bput to the test those who call themselves capostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; 3and you have perseverance and have 1endured afor My name’s sake, you also have not grown weary. 4‘But I have this against you, that you have aleft your first love. 5‘Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and arepent and bdo the 1deeds you did at first. But if not, I am coming to you and will remove your clampstand out of its place, unless you repent. 6‘Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the aNicolaitans, which I also hate. 7‘aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. bTo him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of cthe tree of life which is in the dParadise of God.’