Revelation 3:16
14 To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.
15 I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!
So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!
17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!
- KJV
- So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
- WEB
- So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth.
- ASV
- So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.
- DARBY
- Thus because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spue thee out of my mouth.
- BLB
- So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit you out of My mouth.
- ÅB
- Derfor, da du er lunken, og hverken kold eller varm, vil jeg utspy deg av min munn.
- OTB
- Derfor, siden du er lunken—verken varm eller kald—vil jeg spytte deg ut av min munn.
- B1930
- Derfor, da du er lunken, og hverken kold eller varm, vil jeg utspy dig av min munn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 2:5
Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
Read in contextZechariah 11:8–9
And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
Read in contextJeremiah 14:19
Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
Read in contextJeremiah 15:1–4
Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
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