I know your works, your labor, and your patient endurance, and that you cannot tolerate wicked people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.
In context
1To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write: “These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2I know your works, your labor, and your patient endurance, and that you cannot tolerate wicked people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. 3You have endurance; you have borne up for the sake of my name and have not grown weary. 4But I hold this against you: you have abandoned the love you had at first.
