Lukewarm (χλιαρος). Tepid. Old adjective from χλιω, to liquefy, to melt, here alone in N.T.

I will (μελλω)…

So then because you are lukewarm, I will spew you out of my mouth. Referring, perhaps, to the well-known fact that tepid water tends to pr…

Neither cold nor hot.—The “heat” here is the glowing, fervent zeal and devotion which is commended and commanded elsewhere ([Refer…

Sadly, the speaker’s knowledge reveals an unqualified condemnation of the Laodicean church—a verdict that is the exact opposite of the church’s own…

So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot ,
&c.] A lukewarm professor is one that serves God and ma…

Laodicea was the last and worst of the seven churches of Asia. Here our Lord Jesus styles himself, “The Amen”: one steady and unchangeable in all h…