Revelation 3:15 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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;

Revelation 3:17 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,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "known", "works", "neither", "cold", "thou", and "wert". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "known" and "works", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And to the messenger of the assembly..." into verse 16's "So--because thou art lukewarm and neither cold...", so "known" and "works" 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 "known" and "works" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.