Revelation 3:16
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But because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth.

I will spue thee out.

Revelation 2:5 Be mindful therefore from whence thou art fallen: and do penance and do the first works. Or else I come to thee and will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou do penance.

Jeremiah 14:19 Hast thou utterly cast away Juda, or hath thy soul abhorred Sion? why then hast thou struck us, so that there is no healing for us? we have looked for peace, and there is no good: and for the time of healing, and behold trouble.

Jeremiah 15:1-4 And the Lord said to me: If Moses and Samuel shall stand before me, my soul is not towards this people: cast them out from my sight, and let them go forth. . . .

Zechariah 11:8,9 And I cut off three shepherds in one month, and my soul was straitened in their regard: for their soul also varied in my regard. . . .

Context
To the Church in Laodicea
15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot. I would thou wert cold or hot. 16But because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth. 17Because thou sayest: I am rich and made wealthy and have need of nothing: and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.…
Cross References
Revelation 3:15
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot. I would thou wert cold or hot.

Revelation 3:17
Because thou sayest: I am rich and made wealthy and have need of nothing: and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.

Lexicon
So
οὕτως (houtōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).

because
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

you are
εἶ (ei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

lukewarm—
χλιαρὸς (chliaros)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5513: Warm, tepid; of persons: lukewarm. From chlio; tepid.

neither
οὔτε (oute)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3777: And not, neither, nor. From ou and te; not too, i.e. Neither or nor; by analogy, not even.

hot
ζεστὸς (zestos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2200: Boiling hot; met: fervent. From zeo; boiled, i.e. calid.

nor
οὔτε (oute)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3777: And not, neither, nor. From ou and te; not too, i.e. Neither or nor; by analogy, not even.

cold—
ψυχρός (psychros)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5593: Cool, cold; fig: cold-hearted. From psuchos; chilly.

I am about
μέλλω (mellō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3195: A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something.

to vomit
ἐμέσαι (emesai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 1692: To vomit forth. Of uncertain affinity; to vomit.

you
σε (se)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

out of
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

My
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

mouth!
στόματός (stomatos)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4750: The mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.


Additional Translations
So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!

So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spit you out of My mouth.

So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.

So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.

Thus because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spue thee out of my mouth.

So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.

So then, because thou art luke-warm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit thee out of my mouth:

Accordingly, because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, before long I will vomit you out of My mouth.

So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth.

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