in this same role elsewhere in the NT (see Vol. V, p. 917; see on John 1:3; Heb. 1:2). The strikingly similar statement of Col. 1:15, 16 had been read by the Laodicean church many years before (cf. Col. 4:16). 15. Thy. For the force of the singular see on ch. 2:2. Works. See on ch. 2:2. Neither cold nor hot. It has been suggested that this figurative expression must have been particularly meaningful to the Christians at Laodicea. One of the chief landmarks of that vicinity was a waterfall over which