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13 “Let all who can hear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.

14 “Write this letter to the leader of the church in Laodicea:

“This message is from the one who stands firm,[a] the faithful and true Witness of all that is or was or evermore shall be, the primeval source of God’s creation:

15 “I know you well—you are neither hot nor cold; I wish you were one or the other! 16 But since you are merely lukewarm, I will spit you out of my mouth!

17 “You say, ‘I am rich, with everything I want; I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that spiritually you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 3:14 from the one who stands firm, literally, “from the Amen.” of all that is or was or evermore shall be, implied.

13 Whoever has ears, let them hear(A) what the Spirit says to the churches.

To the Church in Laodicea

14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea(B) write:

These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness,(C) the ruler of God’s creation.(D) 15 I know your deeds,(E) that you are neither cold nor hot.(F) I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’(G) But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.(H)

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