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Somewhat
Not in the text, and unnecessary. The following clause is the object of I have. “I have against thee that thou hast left,” etc. “It is indeed a somewhat which the Lord has against the Ephesian Church; it threatens to grow to be an everything; for see the verse following” (Trench). For the phrase have against, see Mat 5:23; Mar 11:25; Col 3:13.
Hast left (ἀφῆκας)
Rev., more correctly, rendering the aorist, didst leave. The verb originally means to send, away or dismiss. See on Joh 4:3.
First love
Compare Jer 2:2. The first enthusiastic devotion of the Church to her Lord, under the figure of conjugal love.