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Revelation 2:3

PatienceFaithfulness and loyalty

1 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.

2 I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.

Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.

4 But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.

5 Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.
KJV
And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
WEB
You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.
ASV
and thou hast patience and didst bear for my name`s sake, and hast not grown weary.
DARBY
and endurest, and hast borne for my name's sake, and hast not wearied:
BLB
And you have perseverance, and you endured because of My name, and you have not grown weary.
ÅB
og du har tålmod og har hatt meget å bære for mitt navns skyld, og du er ikke blitt trett.
OTB
Du har holdt ut og vært utholdende for mitt navns skyld, og har ikke blitt trett.
B1930
og du har tålmod og har hatt meget å bære for mitt navns skyld, og du er ikke blitt trett.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hebrews 10:36

    You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.

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  • Galatians 6:9

    Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

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  • James 5:7–11

    Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

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  • Hebrews 12:1

    Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

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  • James 1:3–4

    because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

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  • Colossians 1:11

    being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully

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  • John 15:21

    But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.

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  • Hebrews 6:15

    And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.

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