Charles Ellicott Commentary Revelation 2:3

"and thou hast patience and didst bear for my name`s sake, and hast not grown weary." — Revelation 2:3 (ASV)

And hast borne.—This verse needs some change to bring it into harmony with the best manuscripts. It should stand, And have (or, had) patience, and did bear for My name’s sake, and did not weary. This last word echoes the word (kopos) translated labour or toil in Revelation 2:2.

They had toiled on to the point of great weariness without wearying of their toil (Galatians 6:9), just as they could not bear the evil and yet had borne reproaches for Christ’s sake. “There is toil, and patience, and abhorrence of evil, and discernment, and again patience, and endurance, and unwearied exertion. What can be lacking here?” (Dr. Vaughan.)