Message to Ephesus

1 “To the angel of the church in aEphesus write:

The One who holds bthe seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks 1camong the seven golden lampstands, says this:

2 ‘aI know your deeds and your toil and 1perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you bput to the test those who call themselves capostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false;

3 and you have 1perseverance and have endured afor My name’s sake, and 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; or else 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.’