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A mensagem para a igreja em Éfeso

Ao mensageiro da igreja em Éfeso escreve:

Isto é o que te diz aquele que anda entre os sete castiçais de ouro, sustentando as sete estrelas com a mão direita. Eu conheço as coisas que tens feito. Observei o teu trabalho e a tua perseverança. Sei que não podes tolerar os maus e que soubeste pôr à prova os que se dizem apóstolos e não o são, verificando que são mentirosos. Tens perseverança e tens sofrido por minha causa sem te cansares.

Há contudo uma coisa que tenho contra ti: o teu amor já não é como no princípio. Lembra-te, pois, desses primeiros tempos, arrepende-te e trabalha como fazias antes; caso contrário, brevemente virei e tirarei o teu castiçal do seu lugar se não te arrependeres. Há porém isto de bom a teu respeito: é que detestas as obras dos nicolaítas, como eu também.

Quem pode ouvir, ouça o que o Espírito diz às igrejas. Ao que vencer, darei a comer do fruto da árvore da vida que está no paraíso de Deus.

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To Ephesus

Write this to Ephesus, to the Angel of the church. The One with Seven Stars in his right-fist grip, striding through the golden seven-lights’ circle, speaks:

2-3 “I see what you’ve done, your hard, hard work, your refusal to quit. I know you can’t stomach evil, that you weed out apostolic pretenders. I know your persistence, your courage in my cause, that you never wear out.

4-5 “But you walked away from your first love—why? What’s going on with you, anyway? Do you have any idea how far you’ve fallen? A Lucifer fall!

“Turn back! Recover your dear early love. No time to waste, for I’m well on my way to removing your light from the golden circle.

“You do have this to your credit: You hate the Nicolaitan business. I hate it, too.

“Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches. I’m about to call each conqueror to dinner. I’m spreading a banquet of Tree-of-Life fruit, a supper plucked from God’s orchard.”

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To the Church in Ephesus

“To the angel[a] of the church in Ephesus(A) write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand(B) and walks among the seven golden lampstands.(C) I know your deeds,(D) your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested(E) those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.(F) You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name,(G) and have not grown weary.

Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.(H) Consider how far you have fallen! Repent(I) and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand(J) from its place. But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans,(K) which I also hate.

Whoever has ears, let them hear(L) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(M) I will give the right to eat from the tree of life,(N) which is in the paradise(O) of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 2:1 Or messenger; also in verses 8, 12 and 18