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2I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.
    I know
    *  your deeds, your hard work, and your perseverance.
The Lord is not forgetful of our deeds - Hebrews 6:9-12. But remember that (hard) works is the result of faith and love - James 2:17-18.

Patience results in God's compassion and mercy

    *  I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men,

According to Proverbs 8:13, if you fear the Lord, then you hate evil. Ephesus did not put up with these evil people.

    *  that you have tested those who claim to be APOSTLES but are not, and have found them FALSE.
Earlier in John's life, he wrote that we should test the spirits - 1 John 4:1-3, if they are true or false. What is the test to be an APOSTLE?
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