It is tragic, however, after having read of the splendid qualities in Thyatira, to read farther and discover that moral compromise was present in the church. As Stott said, “In that fair field a poisonous weed was being allowed to luxuriate. In that healthy body a malignant cancer had begun to form. An enemy was being harboured in the midst of the fellowship” (71). Here we see the similarity between Thyatira and Pergamum and their joint dissimilarity with Ephesus. The Ephesians could not bear