1. “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: “This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right-hand and who walks among the seven gold lampstands.
2. I know what you have done; I know how hard you have worked and how patient you have been. I know that you cannot tolerate evil people and that you have tested those who say they are apostles but are not, and have found out that they are liars.
3. You are patient, you have suffered for my sake, and you have not given up.
4. But this is what I have against you: you do not love me now as you did at first.
5. Think how far you have fallen! Turn from your sins and do what you did at first. If you don't turn from your sins, I will come to you and take your lampstand from its place.
6. But this is what you have in your favour: you hate what the Nicolaitans do, as much as I do.
26-28. To those who win the victory, who continue to the end to do what I want, I will give the same authority that I received from my Father: I will give them authority over the nations, to rule them with an iron rod and to break them to pieces like clay pots. I will also give them the morning star.