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.
7. “‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the victor I will give the right to eat from the tree of life that is in the garden of God.”’
8. “To the angel of the church in Smyrna, write this:“‘The first and the last, who once died but came to life, says this: