Revelation 3:14–22

Message to Laodicea

¹⁴“To the angel of the church in ^aLaodicea write:

^bThe Amen, ^cthe faithful and true Witness, ^dthe ¹Beginning of the creation of God, says this:

¹⁵‘^aI know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; ^bI wish that you were cold or hot.

¹⁶‘So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will ¹spit you out of My mouth.

¹⁷‘Because you say, “^aI am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,

¹⁸I advise you to ^abuy from Me ^bgold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and ^cwhite garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that ^dthe shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

¹⁹‘^aThose whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and ^brepent.

²⁰‘Behold, I stand ^aat the door and ^bknock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, ^cI will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.

²¹‘^aHe who overcomes, I will grant to him ^bto sit down with Me on My throne, as ^cI also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

²²‘^aHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ ”