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Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

I am rich (οτ πλουσιος ειμ). Recitative οτ like quotation marks before direct quotation. Old adjective from πλουτος, riches, wealt…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Because you say, I am rich. So far as the language here is concerned, this may refer either to riches literally, or to spiritual …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

I am rich.—The verse means, more literally, Because you say, I am rich, and have grown rich, and in nothing have need, and do …

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

The deeper problem in the Laodicean church was not simply their indifference. It was their ignorance of their real condition: “You say, ‘I am rich;…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Because you say, I am rich
In worldly goods, which occasioned her lukewarmness (as riches often do), and her vanity,…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…

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