Revelation 2:5

“Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, etc.] Believers cannot totally and finally fall away from the grace which they have received; but they may fall into sin, and from a degree of grace, and the exercise of it, as these first and pure churches did, from some degree of their love to God, and Christ, and one another; and therefore are called upon to remember, mind, and observe from what degree of it they were fallen; in order to bring them under a conviction and acknowledgment of their evil, and a sense of their present state, and to quicken their desires after a restoration to their former one: and repent; of their coldness and lukewarmness, of the remissness of their love, and of…”

“whence--from what a height. do the first works--the works which flowed from thy first love. Not merely "feel thy first feelings," but do works flowing from the same principle as formerly, "faith which worketh by love." I will come--Greek, "I am coming" in special judgment on thee. quickly--omitted in two oldest manuscripts, Vulgate and Coptic versions: supported by one oldest manuscript. remove thy candlestick out of his place--I will take away the Church from Ephesus and remove it elsewhere. "It is removal of the candlestick, not extinction of the candle, which is threatened here; judgment for some, but that very judgment the occasion of mercy for others. So it has been. The seat of the…”

“Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen - The eminence which you once occupied. Call to remembrance the state in which you once were. The duty here enjoined is, when religion has declined in our hearts, or in the church, to call to distinct recollection the former state - the ardor, the zeal, the warmth of love which once characterized us. The reason for this is, that such a recalling of the former state will be likely to produce a happy influence on the heart. Nothing is better adapted to affect a backsliding Christian, or a backsliding church, than to call to distinct recollection the former condition - the happier days of piety. The joy then experienced, the good done, the honor…”

“It is not possible for any to recover the first love, but by taking these three steps, 1. Remember: 2. Repent: 3. Do the first works. Remember from whence thou art fallen - From what degree of faith, love, holiness, though perhaps insensibly. And repent - Which in the very lowest sense implies a deep and lively conviction of thy fall. Of the seven angels, two, at Ephesus and at Pergamos, were in a mixed state; two, at Sardis and at Laodicea, were greatly corrupted: all these are exhorted to repent; as are the followers of Jezebel at Thyatira: two, at Smyrna and Philadelphia, were in a flourishing state, and are therefore only exhorted to steadfastness. There can be no state, either of any…”

“2:5 Christ calls even those who keep the faith to turn back to him and repent of cold-heartedness. The warning, I will come and remove your lampstand, means that they would lose their status as a church; God would treat them as he did the apostates within Israel (see Rom 11).”

“Remember: Rev 3:3, Rev 3:19; Eze 16:61-63, Eze 20:43, Eze 36:31; Pe2 1:12, Pe2 1:13 thou art: Isa 14:12; Hos 14:1; Gal 5:4; Jde 1:24 and repent: Rev 2:16, Rev 2:21, Rev 2:22, Rev 3:3, Rev 3:19, Rev 9:20, Rev 9:21, Rev 16:9; Act 17:30, Act 17:31 and do: Rev 2:19, Rev 3:2, Rev 3:3; Isa 1:26; Jer 2:2, Jer 2:3; Hos 9:10; Mal 3:4, Mal 4:6; Luk 1:17 else: Rev 2:16, Rev 3:3; Mat 21:41-43, Mat 24:48-51; Mar 12:9; Luk 12:45, Luk 12:46, Luk 20:16 Revelation 2:6”