Revelation 2:3

And you have patient endurance for the sake of my name, and you have not fallen away.

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In The King James Version

And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

In Context

2I know your works, and your hardship and patient endurance, and that you cannot stand those who are evil. And so, you have tested those who declare themselves to be Apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars.

4But I have this against you: that you have relinquished your first charity.

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Cross References

Psalms 37:7I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.

Micah 7:9I will carry the wrath of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he may judge my case and execute judgment for me. He will lead me into the light. I will behold his justice.

Luke 8:15But those which were on good soil are those who, upon hearing the word with a good and noble heart, retain it, and they bring forth fruit in patience.

Luke 18:1Now he also told them a parable, that we should continually pray and not cease,

John 15:21But all these things they will do to you because of my name, for they do not know him who sent me.

Romans 5:3And not only that, but we also find glory in tribulation, knowing that tribulation exercises patience,

Matthew Henry on Revelation 2:2-8

The Church in Ephesus. ( a. d. 95.) 1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 4… Read the whole commentary →

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