Translation
I know your deeds, your tiring and difficult labor, and your perseverance; I know that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you have tested those claiming to be apostles but are not, and have found them to be false;
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(the same as the translation – I know your deeds, your tiring and difficult labor, and your perseverance; I know that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you have tested those claiming to be apostles but are not, and have found them to be false;)
Footnotes
1: "found them to be false"
The pressure from a fanatically idolatrous culture includes some who claim that Christianity and false religions can be mixed together, and others who grant themselves spiritual authority in the Body of Christ but who do not live for Christ, they live for themselves.