“This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven gold lamp-stands. ²I know what you have done; I know how hard you have worked and how patient you have been. I know that you cannot tolerate evil people and that you have tested those who say they are apostles but are not, and have found out that they are liars. ³You are patient, you have suffered for my sake, and you have not given up. ⁴But this is what I have against you: you do not love me now as you did at first. ⁵Think how far you have fallen! Turn from your sins and do what you did at first. If you don’t turn from your sins, I will come to you and take your lamp-stand from its place. ⁶But this is what you have in your favour: you hate what the Nicolaitans do, as much as I do.

⁷^*“If you have ears, then, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches!

“To those who win the victory I will give the right to eat the fruit of the tree of life that grows in the Garden of God.

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*2.7 a: Ez 28:13; 31:8 (LXX)