Revelation 2:1-7

Message to Ephesus

1 "To the angel of the church in 1Ephesus write: The One who holds 2the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks 3among * the seven golden lampstands, says this:
2 '4I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot * tolerate evil men, and you 5put to the test those who call themselves 6apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false;
3 and you have perseverance and have endured 7for My name's sake, and have not grown weary.
4 'But I have this against you, that you have 8left your first love.
5 'Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and 9repent and 10do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your 11lampstand out of its place -unless * you repent.
6 'Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the 12Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
7 '13He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 14To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of 15the tree of life which is in the 16Paradise of God.'

Cross References 16

  • 1. Revelation 1:11
  • 2. Revelation 1:16
  • 3. Revelation 1:12
  • 4. Revelation 2:19; Revelation 3:1, 8, 15
  • 5. John 6:6; 1 John 4:1
  • 6. 2 Corinthians 11:13
  • 7. John 15:21
  • 8. Jeremiah 2:2; Matthew 24:12
  • 9. Revelation 2:16, 22; Revelation 3:3, 19
  • 10. Hebrews 10:32; Revelation 2:2
  • 11. Matthew 5:14f; Philippians 2:15; Revelation 1:20
  • 12. Revelation 2:15
  • 13. Matthew 11:15; Revelation 2:11, 17; Revelation 3:6, 13, 22; Revelation 13:9
  • 14. Revelation 2:11, 17, 26; Revelation 3:5, 12, 21; Revelation 21:7
  • 15. Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:22; Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 15:4; Revelation 22:2, 14
  • 16. Ezekiel 28:13; Ezekiel 31:8; Luke 23:43

Footnotes 4

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