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Thy works (sou ta erga) . As in Rev 2:2 and explained (explanatory use of kai = namely) by what follows. Four items are given, with separate feminine article for each (tēn agapēn, tēn pistin, tēn diakonian, tēn hupomonēn), a longer list of graces than in Rev 2:2 for Ephesus. More praise is given in the case of Ephesus and Thyatira when blame follows than in the case of Smyrna and Philadelphia when no fault is found. Love comes first in this list in true Johannine fashion. Faith (pistin) here may be “faithfulness,” and ministry (diakonian) is ministration to needs of others (Act 11:29; 1Co 16:15).
And that (kai). Only kai (and) in the Greek, but doubtless hoti (that) is understood.
Than the first (tōn prōtōn). Ablative after the comparative pleiona (more).