Revelation 3:17

that you-are-saying, 'I-am-being rich and I-have-been-rich and I-am-having need of{nothing},' and you-have_not_beheld that you are-being the hardship-ful and pitiful and destitute and blind and naked.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

In Context

16The-same-ly, that you-are-being warm/lukewarm and neither boiling/hot nor cold, I-am-being-about to-vomit you out of{the mouth} of{me},

18I-am-together-intending to{you} to-purchase beside of{emphatically-me} [a] gold-piece having-been-inflamed/fired out of{fire}, in-which-place you-may-be-rich, and white outer-garments, in-which-place you-may-drape-around-self and the shame of{the nakedness} of{you} may_not_be-revealed, and salve, in-which-place you-may-anoint-self-in the eyes of{you}, in-which-place you-may-be-viewing.

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Cross References

Matthew 9:12Moreover, the Jesus, hear[ing], says to{same}, "The having-strength are_not_having need of{curer}; contrariwise, the having unwell.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 3:15-22

The Church in Laodicea. ( a. d. 95.) 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and… Read the whole commentary →

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