1. “To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write this:“‘The one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks in the midst of the seven gold lampstands says this:
2. “I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate the wicked; you have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and discovered that they are impostors.
3. Moreover, you have endurance and have suffered for my name, and you have not grown weary.
4. Yet I hold this against you: you have lost the love you had at first.
5. Realize how far you have fallen. Repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
6. But you have this in your favor: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.