rwp - Revelation:2:4

rwp@Revelation:2:4 @{This against thee, that} (\kata sou hoti\). For the phrase "have against" see strkjv@Matthew:5:23|. The \hoti\ clause is the object of \ech\. {Thou didst leave} (\aphkes\). First aorist active (kappa aorist, but with \-es\ instead of \-as\) of \aphimi\, a definite and sad departure. {Thy first love} (\tn agapn sou tn prtn\). "Thy love the first." This early love, proof of the new life in Christ (1John:3:13f.|), had cooled off in spite of their doctrinal purity. They had remained orthodox, but had become unloving partly because of the controversies with the Nicolaitans.