4But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.
4But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.
1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks:
2 I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;
3 and thou hast patience and didst bear for my name's sake, and hast not grown weary.
4 But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.
5 Remember therefore whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.
6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
2:4Nevertheless I have [somewhat] against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
2:4Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.
2:4But I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first charity.
2:4but I have against thee, that thou hast left thy first love.
2:4But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.
2:4Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
2:4But I have this against you, that you left your first love.
2:4'But I have against thee: That thy first love thou didst leave!
2:4Nevertheless I have somewhat against you, because you have left your first love.