₁“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:

“This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right-hand and who walks among the seven gold lampstands. ₂I know what you have done; I know how hard you have worked and how patient you have been. I know that you cannot tolerate evil people and that you have tested those who say they are apostles but are not, and have found out that they are liars. ₃You are patient, you have suffered for my sake, and you have not given up. ₄But this is what I have against you: you do not love me now as you did at first. ₅Think how far you have fallen! Turn from your sins and do what you did at first. If you don't turn from your sins, I will come to you and take your lampstand from its place. ₆But this is what you have in your favour: you hate what the Nicolaitans do, as much as I do.