2:18–19: “And for the messenger of the church in Thyatira write [as follows]: These things says the Son of God, the one who has his eyes as a flame of fire and his feet like glowingly [red hot] bronze: 19 I know your deeds and love and faith and service and your perseverance. And your last deeds [are] more than [your] first [deeds].” For the introduction see the comments on 2:1. Over against the Caesars, who claimed the title divi filius (Latin