against the recipients; (4) a command to the recipients; and (5) a commitment to all who overcome. SUPPORTING IDEA: Christ compliments the Ephesian Christians for their many good deeds but criticizes them because they no longer love one another as they used to. 2:1 (characteristic). Each of the seven letters is addressed to the angel of the church. Revelation 1:20 first mentions these angels, which are the seven “stars” in Jesus’ hand in 1:16. The Greek
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