Revelation 2:1-7 - The Letter To The Church In Ephesus
1 "To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: " 'He who holds the seven stars in his right hand and goes about among the seven gold lampstands speaks thus: 2 I know what you have done; your hard work and your endurance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, and that you have tested those who claimed to be apostles when they were not, and have found them to be impostors. 3 You show endurance; you have undergone much for my sake, and you have not grown weary. 4 But I hold it against you that you do not love as you did at first. 5 So remember how far you have fallen, and repent and do as you did at first, or else I will come to you and take your lampstand from its place, if you do not repent. 6 But it is in your favor that you hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, as I do.
7 Let everyone who can hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will permit him who is victorious to eat the fruit of the tree of life that stands in the Paradise of God.'