Scripture
Main passage: Revelation 2:1–7
Read Revelation 1 and 2, with careful attention to 2:1–7.
Supplemental readings
For background on the Ephesian church, read Acts 19:1–20, 23–37.
For Jesus’ teachings on love, read Matthew 5:43–47 and Matthew 22:36–40.
Read Revelation 22:2–3, 14. See also Genesis 2:9; 3:22–24.
What promise of Jesus to the Ephesian church (see Revelation 2:7) is fulfilled in the new creation?