TO THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA

 

14 To the Angel of the Church of Laodicea write:

These are the Words of the Amen,

The Faithful and True Witness,

THE RULER OF GOD’S CREATION.

15 I Know Your Deeds,

That You are Neither Cold nor Hot.

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.”

But You do not Realize

THAT YOU ARE WRETCHED,

PITIFUL, POOR, BLIND AND NAKED.

18 I Counsel You to Buy from Me

Gold Refined in the Fire,

So you can Become Rich

And White Clothes to Wear,

So you can Cover Your

SHAMEFUL NAKEDNESS,

And Salve to Put on Your Eyes,

SO YOU CAN SEE.

19 Those who I love

I Rebuke and Discipline.

SO BE EARNEST AND REPENT.

20 HERE I AM

I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK.

If anyone Hears My Voice

AND OPENS THE DOOR,

I will Come in and Eat with That Person,

And They with Me.

21 TO THE ONE WHO IS VICTORIOUS,

I will Give the Right

To Sit with Me on My Throne,

Just as I was Victorious

And Sat Down with My Father on His Throne.

22 WHOEVER HAS EARS,

Let them Hear

What the Spirit Says to the Churches.

(Revelation 3:14-22, NIV)