Revelation 3:17-18 BSB

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Revelation 3:14-22

The letter to the congregation at Laodicea: v. 14. And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God: v. 15. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot. v. 16. So, then, because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of My mouth; v. 17. because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Revelation 3:1-22

SPECIAL DOCTRINO-ETHICAL AND HOMILETICAL NOTES (ADDENDUM)Section ThirdEarth-picture of the Seven Churches. The Seven Epistles (Chs. 2, 3)General.—The seven Churches as real portraits and at the same time as typical pictures of the whole Church, as regards (1) local extension and (2) chronological development.—The seven Churches as the centre of the seven loosed Seals or unveiled worldly history; as the occasion for the seven penitential Trumpets for the world in the Church and the Church in the... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Revelation 3:18

Revelation CHRIST’S COUNSEL TO A LUKEWARM CHURCH Rev_3:18 After the scathing exposure of the religious condition of this Laodicean Church its members might have expected something sterner than ‘counsel.’ There is a world of love and pity, with a dash of irony, in the use of that softened expression. He does not willingly threaten, and He never scolds; but He rather speaks to men’s hearts and their reason, and comes to them as a friend, than addresses Himself to their fears. Whether there... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Revelation 3:14-22

“I Stand at the Door and Knock” Revelation 3:14-22 It is better to be cold than lukewarm, for in the latter case all that God’s love can do for the soul has only produced a moderate result, while if we are cold, our soul has yet to be tried. The Gospel has a better chance with the openly profane and godless than with those who have been brought up under its influence and are so far unaffected. The mischief with men generally is that they do not know themselves, and do not want to know; and... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Revelation 3:1-22

The letter to the Church in Sardis covers the period of the Reformation. The Church was addressed as "dead." Yet there were things remaining which were not dead, but "ready to die." The address is largely to that living remnant. The charge to be watchful was not spoken to death, but to life. Christ's message to the period was a call to establish the things that remained. The letter to the Church at Philadelphia covers the great period of evangelization which, ushered in by the Puritan... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Revelation 3:1-22

The Churches at Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea Revelation 3:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We present some of the outstanding things written to the Church at Sardis. This is the fifth Church in the seven, and some startling things are revealed. 1. Sardis had a name to live but was dead. We fear that there are many churches who deserve this characterization. You read their reports to the church association, or conference, or synod, and you would think that they are quite alive. They tell of so... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 3:18

THE DIVINE MERCHANTMAN*‘I counsel thee to buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.’ Revelation 3:18 No doubt the scene depicted in these words was suggested by the market-place or bazaar of some great Eastern city. There appears in the market-place the Divine Merchantman, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. It is His own... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 3:1-22

Messages To The Seven Churches (Revelation 2:1 to Revelation 3:22 ). The Son of Man now gives John messages to the seven churches. Each of them follows a general pattern. Firstly an introduction based on John’s vision (‘the things you saw’), secondly the state of the church and various warnings (‘the things which are’), and finally future events and the promises to the overcomers (‘the things which shall be hereafter’). Among other things they follow the pattern of Israel’s history as a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 3:17

‘Because you say I am rich, and have amassed wealth, and have need of nothing, and do not know that you are a wretch, a thing of misery, and poor and blind and naked.’ ‘Wretched’ and ‘miserable’ both have the article before them suggesting they be read as nouns, thus ‘a wretched one, a thing of misery’. Laodicea was a wealthy town with wealthy inhabitants and it was extremely proud of its wealth. When it was destroyed by an earthquake in 60 AD it proudly rejected all help from Rome and rebuilt... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 3:18

‘I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire that you may become rich, and white clothes so that you may clothe yourself and so that the shame of your nakedness should not be revealed, and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.’ They were famed for buying expensive goods. Let them therefore now take notice and ‘buy’ what is of worth. The purchases mentioned here are like the purchases made from the water-seller in Isaiah 55:1, ‘without money and without price’. Jesus is... read more

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Revelation 3:14-22

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Revelation 3:1-22

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Revelation 3:18

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Revelation 3:14-22

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Revelation 3:1-22

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Revelation 3:1-22

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 3:18

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 3:1-22

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 3:17

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 3:18

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