Revelation 2:4

First Council of Nicaea (325)

• First Council of Nicaea (325), First Council of Nicaea, Canon 12

  “They had been “called by grace” to an act of self-sacrifice (the phrase is one which St. Augustine might have used); and had shown “their eagerness at the outset” (“primum suum ardorem,” Dionysius; Philo and Evarestus more laxly, “primordia bona;” compare τὴν ἀγάπην σου τὴν πρώτην, Rev. ii. 4).” — the author cites it

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Repentance Chapter 8

  “He imputes to the Ephesians “forsaken love;” reproaches the Thyatirenes with “fornication,” and “eating of things sacrificed to idols;” accuses the Sardians of “works not full;” censures the Pergamenes…” — editor's note: Rev. ii. 4.

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Jerome

• Jerome, The Dialogue Against the Luciferians

  “It is imputed (Rev. ii. 4) to the angel of Ephesus that he has forsaken his first love.” — the author cites it

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• 2 Peter 2:22

  Cited together in First Council of Nicaea, Canon 12.