To the Church in Ephesus

2 “To the angela of the church in Ephesusp write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right handq and walks among the seven golden lampstands.r 2 I know your deeds,s your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have testedt those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.u 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name,v and have not grown weary.

4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.w 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repentx and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstandy from its place. 6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans,z which I also hate.

7 Whoever has ears, let them heara what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,b I will give the right to eat from the tree of life,c which is in the paradised of God.