¹⁴ "And unto the messenger of the congregation which is in Laodicea write, 'This saith - amen - the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creatures of God. ¹⁵ I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot. I would thou were cold or hot. ¹⁶ So then, because thou art between both, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth: ¹⁷ because thou sayest thou art rich and increased with goods, and hast need of nothing, and knowest not how thou art wretched and miserable, poor, blind, and naked. ¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich: and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, that thy filthy nakedness do not appear: and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see. ¹⁹ As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be fervent therefore and repent. ²⁰ Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in unto him and will sup with him, and he with me. ²¹ To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my seat, even as I overcame and have sitten with my father, in his seat.

²² Let him that hath ears, hear what the spirit saith unto the congregations.'"