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Revelation 2:1-3

Ephesus perseveres and tests false apostles

To Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum and Thyatira · Revelation 2

Story guide: A representative scene illustrates Ephesus testing claims and persevering; it is not a named historical encounter.

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1To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things says the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands:

2I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people. You tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you found them to be false.

3And you have endurance, and have borne up for my name, and have not grown weary.

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