Other Translations - Revelation
3:14-22:
"Write this to the angel of the church in Laodicea:
"The Amen is the One saying these things [to you]. He is the faithful and
true witness. He is the ruler of all that God has made. This is what he says:
15I know what you do. You are not hot or cold. I wish that you were hot or
cold!
16But you are only warm--not hot, not cold. So I am ready to spit you out of
my mouth.
17You say you are rich. You think you have become wealthy and don't need a
thing. But you don't know that you are really terrible, pitiful, poor, blind,
and naked.
18I advise you to buy gold from me--gold made pure in fire. Then you can be
truly rich. I tell you this: Buy clothes that are white. Then you can cover your
shameful nakedness. I also tell you to buy medicine to put on your eyes. Then
you can truly see.
19"I correct and punish those people that I love. So start trying hard!
Change your hearts and lives!
20Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If a person hears my voice and
opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person. And that person will
eat with me.
21"I will let every person that wins the victory sit with me on my throne.
It was the same with me. I won the victory and sat down with my Father on his
throne.
22Every person that hears these things should listen to what the Spirit says
to the churches." (ERV)
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the
Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold
or hot.
16So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out
of my mouth.
17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of
nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor
and blind and naked:
18I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become
rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and (that) the shame
of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that
thou mayest see.
19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the
door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I
also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.
22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
(ASV)
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith
the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold
or hot. 16So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee
out of my mouth. 17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of
nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and
blind, and naked: 18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich;
and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy
nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest
see. 19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open
the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I
also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
(KJV) |