Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
This against thee, that (kata sou oti). For the phrase "have against" see Matthew 5:23. The oti clause is the object of exw.
Thou didst leave (afhkev). First aorist active (kappa aorist, but with -ev instead of -av) of afihmi, a definite and sad departure.
Thy first love (thn agaphn sou thn prwthn). "Thy love the first." This early love, proof of the new life in Christ (1 John 3:13 f.), had cooled off in spite of their doctrinal purity. They had remained orthodox, but had become unloving partly because of the controversies with the Nicolaitans.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Revelation 2:3
Revelation 14:7
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