I counsel (συμβουλευω). Present active indicative, old compound from συμβουλος, counsellor (Romans 11:34), as in Joh 1…

I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire. This refers to pure gold, the kind that has been subjected to the action of heat to pu…

I counsel you to buy.—There is, perhaps, a touch of irony here. How could the poor and naked buy? But the irony has no sting, for …

The commands of Christ correspond exactly to the self-deceptions of the Laodiceans. Gold, a source of the wealth of the city, was to be bought from…

I counsel you
Christ is a Counsellor, and is every way fit to be one, for he is the all wise God, the Ancient of day…

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…