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.
Revelation 21:8 - But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who pra... Click to read the verse Revelation 21:8 Click to read the verse Revelation 21:8
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 - For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 11:13-15
Revelation 13:10 - If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed with th... Click to read the verse Revelation 13:10 Click to read the verse Revelation 13:10
John 10:14 - “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— Click to read the verse John 10:14 Click to read the verse John 10:14
2 Timothy 2:19 - Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows... Click to read the verse 2 Timothy 2:19 Click to read the verse 2 Timothy 2:19
Psalms 1:6 - For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. Click to read the verse Psalms 1:6 Click to read the verse Psalms 1:6
1 Thessalonians 5:21 - Test everything. Hold on to the good. Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 5:21
Hebrews 6:10 - God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have hel... Click to read the verse Hebrews 6:10 Click to read the verse Hebrews 6:10
Matthew 7:23 - Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’ Click to read the verse Matthew 7:23 Click to read the verse Matthew 7:23
Ephesians 4:14 - Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there... Click to read the verse Ephesians 4:14 Click to read the verse Ephesians 4:14
Revelation 2:5 - Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If y... Click to read the verse Revelation 2:5 Click to read the verse Revelation 2:5
Psalms 36:4 - Even on his bed he plots evil; he commits himself to a sinful course and does not reject what i... Click to read the verse Psalms 36:4 Click to read the verse Psalms 36:4
2 Corinthians 11:13 - For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 11:13 Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 11:13
Leviticus 13:34 - On the seventh day the priest is to examine the itch, and if it has not spread in the skin and ... Click to read the verse Leviticus 13:34 Click to read the verse Leviticus 13:34
1 John 4:1 - Test the Spirits Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether... Click to read the verse 1 John 4:1 Click to read the verse 1 John 4:1
Leviticus 14:40 - he is to order that the contaminated stones be torn out and thrown into an unclean place outsid... Click to read the verse Leviticus 14:40 Click to read the verse Leviticus 14:40
Revelation 2:6 - But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. Click to read the verse Revelation 2:6 Click to read the verse Revelation 2:6
2 Peter 2:1-3 - False Teachers and Their Destruction But there were also false prophets among the people, just ... Click to read the verse 2 Peter 2:1-3 Click to read the verse 2 Peter 2:1-3
Psalms 139:21 - Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord, and abhor those who rise up against you? Click to read the verse Psalms 139:21 Click to read the verse Psalms 139:21
Deuteronomy 18:21 - You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?” Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 18:21 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 18:21
Philippians 1:10 - so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of ... Click to read the verse Philippians 1:10 Click to read the verse Philippians 1:10
Revelation 3:8 - I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that... Click to read the verse Revelation 3:8 Click to read the verse Revelation 3:8
Song of Songs 2:15 - Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom. Click to read the verse Song of Songs 2:15 Click to read the verse Song of Songs 2:15
Proverbs 19:27 - Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge. Click to read the verse Proverbs 19:27 Click to read the verse Proverbs 19:27
2 Corinthians 11:29 - Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn? Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 11:29 Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 11:29
Ecclesiastes 3:8 - a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 3:8 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 3:8
1 Corinthians 12:10 - to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, t... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 12:10 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 12:10
Isaiah 66:18 - “And I, because of their actions and their imaginations, am about to come and gather all nation... Click to read the verse Isaiah 66:18 Click to read the verse Isaiah 66:18
Revelation 2:13 - I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not r... Click to read the verse Revelation 2:13 Click to read the verse Revelation 2:13
Revelation 2:9 - I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know the slander of those who say ... Click to read the verse Revelation 2:9 Click to read the verse Revelation 2:9
John 10:5 - But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not... Click to read the verse John 10:5 Click to read the verse John 10:5
Revelation 3:1 - To the Church in Sardis “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him... Click to read the verse Revelation 3:1 Click to read the verse Revelation 3:1
Revelation 3:15 - I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! Click to read the verse Revelation 3:15 Click to read the verse Revelation 3:15
Galatians 1:7 - which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are... Click to read the verse Galatians 1:7 Click to read the verse Galatians 1:7
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor promp... Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 1:3 Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 1:3
2 Peter 1:6 - and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; Click to read the verse 2 Peter 1:6 Click to read the verse 2 Peter 1:6
Revelation 2:13-15 - I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not r... Click to read the verse Revelation 2:13-15 Click to read the verse Revelation 2:13-15
Revelation 2:19-21 - I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doi... Click to read the verse Revelation 2:19-21 Click to read the verse Revelation 2:19-21
1 John 2:21-22 - I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because... Click to read the verse 1 John 2:21-22 Click to read the verse 1 John 2:21-22