1"To the angel of the church in 1Ephesuswrite:The One who holds2the sevenstars in His righthand, the One who walks3among* the sevengoldenlampstands, saysthis:
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'4I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot*tolerateevilmen, and you 5put to the testthose who callthemselves6apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false;
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and you haveperseverance and have endured7for My name'ssake, and have not grownweary.
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'But I have this against you, that you have 8left your firstlove.
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'Thereforeremember from where you have fallen, and 9repent and 10do the deeds you did at first; orelse I am coming to you and will remove your 11lampstand out of its place-unless* you repent.
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'Yetthis you do have, that you hate the deeds of the 12Nicolaitans, which I alsohate.
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'13He who has an ear, let him hearwhat the Spiritsays to the churches. 14To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of 15the tree of lifewhich is in the 16Paradise of God.'