Revelation 2:3
And thou hast patience, and hast laboured on account of my name, and hast not fainted.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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
4But I have against thee, because thy first love thou hast forsaken.
Cross References
Luke 8:15But that which (was) in good ground are they who, with hearts humble and good, hear the word and retain, and give fruits with perseverance.
Luke 18:1AND he spake also a parable to them, that in all time (men) should pray and not weary.
John 15:21But these all will they do to you on account of my name, because they know not Him who sent me.
Romans 5:3And not thus only, but also in afflictions we exult; for we know that affliction perfecteth patience in us,
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 →