may consider passages such as Matt. 12:30; 1 John 2:15; James 4:4. Yet even for this tepid church the day of grace has not ended. Why should this letter be addressed to it if that were not the case? Our versions translate, “I will spew thee out of my mouth,” as though the verb used were θέλω. It is μέλλω, “I am about to,” the act is pending, the Lord is still waiting. This letter is to cure the tepidness. The figurative language is appropriate. One can drink cold or hot water, but tepid water is