Revelation 2:23

²³אֶהֱרֹג בַּמָּוֶת אֶת בָּנֶיהָ וְיֵדְעוּ כָּל הַקְּהִלּוֹת שֶׁאֲנִי הוּא הַחוֹקֵר כְּלָיוֹת וָלֵב, וְאֶתֵּן לָכֶם אִישׁ אִישׁ כְּמַעֲשֵׂיכֶם.q

Revelation 2 opens the letters to the seven churches, beginning with Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, and Thyatira. Each letter follows a pattern: Christ introduces himself with an image from chapter 1, commends the church for specific faithfulness, confronts a particular failure or threa