Qǐshìlù 3:16

16 Nǐ jì rú wēn shuǐ , yĕ bù lĕng yĕ bú rè , suǒyǐ wǒ bì cóng wǒ kǒu zhōng bǎ nǐ tǔ chū qù .

Qǐshìlù 3:16 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 3:16

So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot,
&c.] A lukewarm professor is one that serves God and mammon; that halts between two opinions, and knows not what religion is best, and cares little for any, yet keeps in a round of duty, though indifferent to it, and contents himself with it; and is un concerned about the life and power of godliness, and takes up with the external form of it; and has no thought about the glory of God, the interest of Christ and truth; and this was too much the case of this church, at least of a great number of its members; wherefore it was very loathsome to Christ, hence he threatens:

I will spew thee out of my mouth;
this shows how nauseous lukewarmness is to Christ, insomuch that on account of it he would not own and acknowledge her as his; but even cast her out, unchurch her, and have no more any such imperfect church state upon earth, as he afterwards never will, this is the last; nor is there any church state, or any remains of one in Laodicea; it is indeed quite uninhabited.

Qǐshìlù 3:16 In-Context

14 Nǐ yào xiĕ xìn gĕi lǎo dǐ jiā jiàohuì de shǐzhĕ , shuō , nà wéi Āmén de , wéi chéng xìn zhēn shí jiànzhèng de , zaì shén chuàngzào wànwù zhī shàng wéi yuánshǒu de , shuō ,

15 Wǒ zhīdào de xíngwéi , nǐ yĕ bù lĕng yĕ bú rè . wǒ bābùdé nǐ huò lĕng huò rè .

16 Nǐ jì rú wēn shuǐ , yĕ bù lĕng yĕ bú rè , suǒyǐ wǒ bì cóng wǒ kǒu zhōng bǎ nǐ tǔ chū qù .

17 Nǐ shuō , wǒ shì fùzú , yǐjing fā le cái , yíyàng dōu bù quē . què bù zhīdào nǐ shì nà kùnkǔ , kĕliàn , pínqióng , xiāyǎn , chì shēn de .

18 Wǒ quàn nǐ xiàng wǒ mǎi huǒ liàn de jīnzi , jiào nǐ fùzú . yòu mǎi bái yī chuān shàng , jiào nǐ chì shēn de xiūchǐ bú lù chūlai . yòu mǎi yǎn yào cā nǐde yǎnjing , shǐ nǐ néng kànjian .