4Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.
4Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.
1 "To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands:
2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.
3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.
5 Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
2:4Nevertheless I have [somewhat] against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
2:4But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy 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.