Full Rev 2:1–7. City history: Artemis temple (one of the Seven Wonders); Pauline mission base (Acts 19); 3-year stay; the riot of the silversmiths. Commendation: works, labor, patience, hating Nicolaitans, testing false apostles. Rebuke: "thou hast left thy first love." Promise: "To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God." Cross-link to [[trees/tree-of-life-in-revelation]].
Ephesus — the church that lost its first love
Rev 2:1–7
Primary passage:Revelation 2:4 →
Commentary
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Matthew Henry
Complete Commentary
R E V E L A T I O N. CHAP. II. The apostle John, having in the foregoing chapter written the things which he had seen, now proceeds to write the things that are, according to the command of God ( ch. i. 19 ), that is, the present…
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