2.1Write to the Angel of the Church in Ephesus:	Publish for Abraham to his Sabaean Faith from Iraq:
‘These things says the one who firmly holds the seven stars in his right-hand, who walks amid the seven gold Menorah-Lamps.	‘This message comes from your Almighty’s Friend‍[1] who empowers the seven brilliant Teachers, who promotes their splendid array of seven united Revelations.
2I have seen your good deeds, your tireless labor and endurance, and that you cannot stand bad people (you have even tested those calling themselves emissaries, but are not, so you have exposed them as liars).	I recognize your good deeds, your tireless labor and tenacity, and that you stood up against bad people (you even tested people saying they were spiritual envoys, but were not, so you exposed them as liars).
3You had endurance. You stood firm for the sake of my name and have not tired.	You had tenacity. You loyally championed me as Abraham and did not tire.
4On the other hand, I hold against you that you abandoned your first love.	On the other hand, I hold against you that you lost your original love.
5Accordingly, recall from where you fell, show regret, and carry out your original good deeds.	Accordingly, you had to recall how far your standards had fallen, to reform, and to revive your original good deeds.
But if not, I am coming to you and shall shake your Menorah-Lamp from its place, if you do not show regret.	But since you did not, I came to you as Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad and am writing off your Sabaeanism, since you have not reformed.
6On the other hand, you do have this, that you detest the practices of those who win over people, which also I myself detest.	On the other hand, you did have this in your favor, that you detested the practices of heretics who deceived believers, which also I, our Almighty’s Friend, detest.
7Let you that have ears listen to what this Spirit is telling the churches.	Let Sabaean listeners learn what I, the latest Manifestation of your Almighty, am telling His Faiths.
As for the victor, I shall feed him or her from the Tree of Life growing in the orchard of God.’	As for you Sabaeans who prevailed spiritually, I fed you with the wisdom of Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad fruiting in the Eden tradition of the Almighty.’

2.1–7, Sabeanism, the name, derives from baptize and/or Sheba.[4] The Old Testament and the Quran both mention Sabaeans.[5] Their Empire straddled the Red Sea from Arabia to Ethiopia. Yet the Faith of Sabeanism [sic] became widespread and flourished in Chaldea.‍[6] Its founder was a Divinely-sent Messenger, perhaps Seth or Enoch[7] but best emboided in Abraham who was a follower of that Faith.[8] In effect, the Israelites who followed the Faith of Abraham before they followed the Judaism of Moses were Sabaeans. The Sabaean Faith was originally monotheistic but became gradually corrupted.[9] Today a confusing yet historically validated mix of Sabaean groups exists. Under early Islam, many vague monotheists became Sabaean to gain protected status as People of the Book. Today’s main Sabaeans are the Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran (known also as Baptists and Nasoreans). Their distinct Abrahamic Faith‍[10] is an ancient religion that included John the Baptist but failed to recognize Jesus as the Manifestation of God.[11] The Great Treasure (Ghenza Rama) is their central Scripture. Recently the Mandaeans have been migrating worldwide to escape destruction of their Shat-el-Arab marsh homelandin Iraq and persecution. They now number only some 100,000, shrinking down, because they must be born marry into the Faith. Others counting loosely as Sabaeans include primal monotheistic believers, mostly in Africa)[12]

2.6 & 15, NICOLAITOS is a cover-namewhose Greek root is NICO–LAITOS that literally means win over–people, to interpret for heretics who win over people—here Sabaean heretics, and later on Zarathustrian heretics.