Revelation 3:8-20

New King James Version

⁸^(A)“I know your works. See, I have set before you ^(B)an open door, ^[a]and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. ⁹Indeed I will make ^(C)those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed ^(D)I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. ¹⁰Because you have kept ^[b]My command to persevere, ^(E)I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon ^(F)the whole world, to test those who dwell ^(G)on the earth. ¹¹^[c]Behold, ^(H)I am coming quickly! ^(I)Hold fast what you have, that no one may take ^(J)your crown. ¹²He who overcomes, I will make him ^(K)a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall ^(L)go out no more. ^(M)I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the ^(N)New Jerusalem, which ^(O)comes down out of heaven from My God. ^(P)And I will write on him My new name.

¹³^(Q)“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’

The Lukewarm Church

¹⁴“And to the ^[d]angel of the church ^[e]of the Laodiceans write,

^(R)‘These things says the Amen, ^(S)the Faithful and True Witness, ^(T)the Beginning of the creation of God: ¹⁵^(U)“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. ¹⁶So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither ^[f]cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. ¹⁷Because you say, ^(V)‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— ¹⁸I counsel you ^(W)to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and ^(X)white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. ¹⁹^(Y)As many as I love, I rebuke and ^(Z)chasten.^[g] Therefore be ^[h]zealous and repent. ²⁰Behold, ^(AA)I stand at the door and knock. ^(AB)If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, ^(AC)I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.