{Thou hast} (echeis). Continued possession of patience.
{Didst bear} (ebastasas). First aorist indicative of astaz(935c),
repeated reference to the crisis in verse  2 . {And hast not
grown weary} (kai ou kekopiakes). Perfect active indicative of
kopia(935c), old verb, to grow weary ( Mt 6:28 ), play on the word
kopos, late form in -es, for the regular -as (lelukas).
like aph(886b)es (verse  4 ) and pept(936b)es (verse  5 ). "Tired in
loyalty, not of it. The Ephesian church can bear anything except
the presence of impostors in her membership" (Moffatt).