3 You have shown endurance and put up with a lot for my name’s sake, and you haven’t gotten tired.
4 But I have this against you: you have let go of the love you had at first.
5 So remember the high point from which you have fallen. Change your hearts and lives and do the things you did at first. If you don’t, I’m coming to you. I will move your lampstand from its place if you don’t change your hearts and lives.
6 But you have this in your favor: you hate what the Nicolaitans are doing, which I also hate.
7 If you can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. I will allow those who emerge victorious to eat from the tree of life, which is in God’s paradise.
8 “Write this to the angel of the church in Smyrna: These are the words of the one who is the first and the last, who died and came back to life:
9 I know your hardship and poverty (though you are actually rich). I also know the hurtful things that have been spoken about you by those who say they are Jews (though they are not, but are really Satan’s synagogue).