[[@page.3.2.19]][[@bible.87.2.19]]3.2.19 - Revelation [[2:19|bible.87.2.19]] 
I know
See commentary on Revelation 2:2.your works, love, service, faith, ... your patience
The ministry ("service," διακονίαν [diakonian] ) of the saints at Thyatira evidenced the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. [[5:22|bible.69.5.22]]). Their faith was real and made evident by their works (Tit. [[3:8|bible.77.3.8]], [[14|bible.77.3.14]]; Jas. [[2:22|bible.80.2.22]]). The grammar implies that love, service, faith, and patience may be an elaboration of their works and that their love and faith are evidenced by their service and patience. 1 the last are more than the first
"This highly commendable state of affairs was the opposite of what had happened in Ephesus (cf. Rev. [[2:5|bible.87.2.5]]+; cf. Mtt; 12:45; 2Pe. [[2:10|bible.82.2.10]])."2
Notes
1 Robert L. Thomas, Revelation 1-7 (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1992), 211.
2 Thomas, Revelation 1-7, 213.
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