Revelation 2:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And hast borne the contradiction of false teachers, and the persecutions of Jews and pagans; for at this time the second persecution was began by Domitian. And hast patience; grace (with quietness and submission) to bear the will of God in any sort of evils. And for my name's sake hast laboured; and for me hast laboured actively in propagating the truths of my gospel, as well as passively in the furnace of trials and persecutions. And hast not fainted; and hast persevered so as thou hast neither been seduced to other doctrine by false teachers, nor lost thy integrity and holiness of conversation.