^{14 Ref} 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:

^{15 Ref} I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

^{16 Ref} So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.

^{17 Ref} Because 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: