Revelation 2:3
And thou wast burdened, and hast patience, and for my Names sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
4Neuertheles, I haue somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first loue.
Cross References
Psalms 37:7Waite patiently vpon the Lord and hope in him: fret not thy selfe for him which prospereth in his way: nor for the man that bringeth his enterprises to passe.
Micah 7:9I will beare the wrath of the Lord because I haue sinned against him, vntill he pleade my cause, and execute iudgement for me: then will he bring me foorth to the light, and I shall see his righteousnesse.
Luke 8:15But that which fell in good ground, are they which with an honest and good heart heare the worde, and keepe it, and bring forth fruite with patience.
Luke 18:1And he spake also a parable vnto them, to this ende, that they ought alwayes to pray, and not to waxe faint,
John 15:21But all these things will they doe vnto you for my Names sake, because they haue not knowen him that sent me.
Romans 5:3Neither that onely, but also we reioyce in tribulations, knowing that tribulation bringeth forth 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 →