⁵ Do you remember what it was like before you fell? It’s time to rethink and change your ways;^[a] go back to how you first acted. However, if you do not return,^[b] I will come quickly^[c] and personally remove your lampstand from its place. ⁶ But you do have this to your credit: you despise the deeds of the Nicolaitans and how they concede to evil. I also hate what they do.

⁷ “Let the person who is able to hear, listen to and follow what the Spirit proclaims to all the churches. I will allow the one who conquers through faithfulness even unto death to eat from the tree of life found in God’s lush paradise.”