Rev 2:4 | TNotes | STEP | 2:4 You don’t love me or each other as you did at first: When the church was first established, their love for Christ and for each other had been strong. Struggles with false teachers and persecution had caused that original love to grow cold. Correct theology, action, and even suffering (2:2-3 ) are just an empty shell of Christian life if dynamic love is absent (1 Cor 13 ).

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‏ Revelation of John 2:4

2:4 ^a You don’t love me or each other as you did at first: When the church was first established, their love for Christ and for each other had been strong. Struggles with false teachers and persecution had caused that original love to grow cold. Correct theology, action, and even suffering (2:2-3 ^b) are just an empty shell of Christian life if dynamic love is absent (1 Cor 13 ^c).