^{14 Ref} `And to the messenger of the assembly of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the witness -- the faithful and true -- the chief of the creation of God;

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

^{16 Ref} So -- because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth;

^{17 Ref} because thou sayest -- I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,