Revelation 2:3 Meaning and Explanation
“And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The Lord notes that Ephesus has carried its burdens with patience, laboring for His name without growing weary.
What Does Revelation 2:3 Mean?
The commendation continues. Ephesus had borne hardship and pressed on. They had labored for the sake of Christ's name and had not fainted under the strain. This is steady, costly faithfulness sustained over time.
To endure for His name is to keep going when the cost is real and the reward unseen. The Lord honors those who do not collapse under pressure but carry the weight set before them. Yet endurance alone, as the next verse will show, is not the whole of what He desires. He looks for a heart still burning while the hands keep working.
Revelation 2:3 in the Original Language
kopiao (κοπιάω), 'laboured' -- to work to the point of exhaustion, to toil until weary.
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What does Revelation 2:3 mean?
The Lord notes that Ephesus has carried its burdens with patience, laboring for His name without growing weary.