Revelation 3:14 (YLT)

Passage

`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;

Nearby Context

Revelation 3:12 He who is overcoming--I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and without he may not go any more, and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, that doth come down out of the heaven from my God--also my new name.

Revelation 3:13 He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.

Revelation 3:14 `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;

Revelation 3:15 I have known thy works, that neither cold art thou nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot.

Revelation 3:16 So--because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "messenger", "assembly", "laodiceans", "write", "things", "saith", and "amen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "messenger", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "He who is having an ear--let him..." into verse 15's "I have known thy works that neither...", so "faith" and "messenger" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "messenger" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.