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Jesus says Laodicea is neither cold nor hot, but lukewarm Revelation 3:15–16. He connects this to their claim of being rich and needing nothing while not realizing their true condition Revelation 3:17.
15"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.
16So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth.
17Because you say, `I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;` and don`t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;