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16But because you are lukewarm and are neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit you out of my mouth.
15I know your works: that you are neither cold, nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. 16But because you are lukewarm and are neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit you out of my mouth.
3For there shall be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine, but instead, according to their own desires, they will gather to themselves teachers, with itching ears,
14And to the Angel of the Church of Laodicea write: Thus says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, who is the Beginning of the creation of God: 15I know your works: that you are neither cold, nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. 16But because you are lukewarm and are neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit you out of my mouth. 17For you declare, ‘I am wealthy, and I have been enriched further, and I have need of nothing.’ And you do not know that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. 18I urge you to buy from me gold, tested by fire, so that you may be enriched and may be clothed in white vestments, and so that the shame of your nakedness may disappear. And anoint your eyes with an eye salve, so that you may see. 19Those whom I love, I rebuke and chastise. Therefore, be zealous and do penance.
16in an open manner, and not as if cloaking malice with liberty, but like servants of God.
11Our message about him is great, and difficult to explain when speaking, because you have been made feeble when listening. 12For even though it is the time when you ought to be teachers, you are still lacking, so that you must be taught the things that are the basic elements of the Word of God, and so you have been made like those who are in need of milk, and not of solid food.
2Be vigilant, and confirm the things that remain, lest they soon die out. For I do not find your works to be full in the sight of my God.
12And there is no salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, by which it is necessary for us to be saved.”
20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone will hear my voice and will open the door to me, I will enter to him, and I will dine with him, and he with me.
1“And to the Angel of the Church of Sardis write: Thus says he who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know your works, that you have a name which is alive, but you are dead. 2Be vigilant, and confirm the things that remain, lest they soon die out. For I do not find your works to be full in the sight of my God. 3Therefore, keep in mind the way that you have received and heard, and then observe it and repent. But if you will not be vigilant, I will come to you like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. 4But you have a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments. And these shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy. 5Whoever prevails, so shall he be clothed in white vestments. And I will not delete his name from the Book of Life. And I will confess his name in the presence of my Father and in the presence of his Angels. 6Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches.
16They claim that they know God. But, by their own works, they deny him, since they are abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate, toward every good work.