Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Write To Ephesus: You Left Your First Love. Repent And Do The First Works

2 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write— These things says the One holding-on-to the seven stars in His right hand, the One walking in the midst of the seven golden lampstands. ² I know your works and^[a] labor and your endurance, and that you cannot bear-with evil ones. And you tested the ones calling themselves apostles (and they are not) and you found them to be false. ³ And you have endurance, and bore-up for the sake of My name, and have not become-weary. ⁴ But I have against you that you left your first love. ⁵ Therefore, be remembering^[b] from where you have fallen, and repent, and do the first works. Otherwise, I am coming to you. And I will move^[c] your lampstand from its place unless you repent. ⁶ But this you have— that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. ⁷ Let the one having an ear hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To the one overcoming^[d], I will give him authority to eat from the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.