Revelation 3:16 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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,

Revelation 3:18 I counsel thee to buy from me gold fired by fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white garments that thou mayest be arrayed, and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifest, and with eye-salve anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "so--because", "thou", "lukewarm", "neither", "cold", "vomit", "thee", and "mouth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "so--because" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "I have known thy works that neither..." into verse 17's "because thou sayest--I am rich and have...", so "so--because" and "thou" 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 "so--because" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.