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Openbaring 3:16

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16 Zo dan, omdat gij lauw zijt, en noch koud noch heet, Ik zal u uit Mijn mond spuwen.

Openbaring 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.

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Openbaring 3:16 In-Context

14 En schrijf aan den engel van de Gemeente der Laodicensen: Dit zegt de Amen, de trouwe, en waarachtige Getuige, het Begin der schepping Gods:
15 Ik weet uw werken, dat gij noch koud zijt, noch heet; och, of gij koud waart, of heet!
16 Zo dan, omdat gij lauw zijt, en noch koud noch heet, Ik zal u uit Mijn mond spuwen.
17 Want gij zegt: Ik ben rijk, en verrijkt geworden, en heb geens dings gebrek; en gij weet niet, dat gij zijt ellendig, en jammerlijk, en arm, en blind, en naakt.
18 Ik raad u dat gij van Mij koopt goud, beproefd komende uit het vuur, opdat gij rijk moogt worden; en witte klederen, opdat gij moogt bekleed worden, en de schande uwer naaktheid niet geopenbaard worde; en zalf uw ogen met ogenzalf, opdat gij zien moogt.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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