Gr. hupomonē (see on ch. 1:9).

 Gr. pistis (see on Rom. 3:3).

 Gr. diakonia, “service,” or “ministry” (see on Rom. 12:7).

 Gr. agapē, “love” (see on Matt. 5:43, 44). Textual evidence attests (cf. p. 10) the sequence “love, and faith, and service, and patience.” These are an enumeration of the “works” of the church at Thyatira, love and faith providing the inner basis for the outward expression of service and patience.

 See on v. 2.

 For the force of the singular see on v. 2.

 That is, the last more than the first works, as the Greek indicates. The message to Thyatira is the only one of the seven that contains a recognition of improvement. In spite of difficulties at Thyatira, the church there experienced spiritual growth. Contrast the opposite experience at Ephesus (vs. 4, 5).