orthjbc Revelation:2:1-7
orthjbc@Revelation:2:1 @ To the malach of the Kehillah (note:)Congregation(:note) in Ephesus, write: These things says the One holding shevat hakokhavim seven stars in the yad yamin of him, the One walking in the midst of the sheva golden menorot:
orthjbc@Revelation:2:2 @ "I have da'as of your ma'asim and your amal (note:)toil(:note) and the savlanut patient endurance of you pl. and that you cannot bear anshei resha, and have tested the ones calling themselves "Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach's shluchim" and are not, and found them shakranim liars.
orthjbc@Revelation:2:3 @ And you have savlanut (note:)patient endurance(:note), and you have persevered because of ha-Shem of me and have not become weary.
orthjbc@Revelation:2:4 @ But I have this against you, that you abandoned your Ahavah HaRishonah. [Yirmeyah strkjv@2:2]
orthjbc@Revelation:2:5 @ Therefore, let there be zikaron (note:)remembrance(:note) of from where you have fallen and make teshuva repentance, turning from sin to G-d and do the Ma'asim HaRishonim; but, if not, I am coming to you pl. and I will remove your menorah, from its place, unless you make teshuva.
orthjbc@Revelation:2:6 @ But this you have, that you loathe the ma'asim ra'im of the Nicolaitans, which also I loathe.[Tehillim strkjv@139:21]
orthjbc@Revelation:2:7 @ The one having an ear let him hear what the Ruach Hakodesh says to the Kehillot. To the one who wins the nitzachon (note:)victory(:note) I will give to him to eat of the Aitz HaChayyim, which is in the Gan-Eden of Hashem, [Bereshis strkjv@2:9; strkjv@3:22,24; also Bereshis strkjv@2:8; Yechezkel strkjv@28:1; strkjv@31:8,9 Targum Ha-Shivim Septuagint] THE IGGERET HAKODESH TO THE KEHILLAH AT SMYRNA