Becauseyou say,"I amrich,and have become wealthy,and haveneedof nothing,"and you do not knowthat you are wretchedand miserableand poorand blindand naked,
Thereis one who pretendsto be rich,but hasnothing;[Another] pretendsto be poor,but has greatwealth.
And Ephraimsaid,"SurelyI have becomerich,I have foundwealthfor myself; In allmy laborsthey will findin me Noiniquity,which[would be] sin."
I knowyour tribulationand your poverty(but you are rich),and the blasphemyby thosewho saythey are Jewsand are not, but are a synagogueof Satan.
Wretchedmanthat I am! Whowill set me freefrom the bodyof thisdeath?
"HE HAS FILLEDTHE HUNGRYWITH GOOD THINGS;And sent awaythe richempty-handed.
But when Jesus heard[this], He said,"[It is] not thosewho are healthywho needa physician,but thosewho are sick.
("Behold,I am cominglikea thief.Blessedis the one who stays awakeand keepshis clothes,sothat he will not walk aboutnakedand men will not seehis shame.")
For throughthe gracegivento me I sayto everyoneamongyou not to think more highlyof himself thanhe oughtto think;but to thinksoas to have sound judgment,as Godhas allottedto eacha measureof faith.
Then the eyesof bothof them were opened,and they knewthat they were naked;and they sewedfigleavestogetherand madethemselvesloincoverings.
For he wholacksthese[qualities] is blind[or] short-sighted,having forgotten[his] purificationfrom his formersins.
"Blessedare the poorin spirit,for theirsis the kingdomof heaven.
"But woeto you who are rich,for you are receivingyour comfortin full.
"Those whobuythem slaythem and gounpunished,and [each of] those who sellthem says,'Blessedbe the LORD,for I have becomerich!'And their own shepherdshavenopityon them.
Then the LORDsmotethe people,becauseof whatthey didwith the calfwhichAaronhad made.
For I do not wantyou, brethren,to be uninformedof thismystery--sothat you will not be wisein your own estimation--that a partialhardeninghas happenedto Israeluntilthe fullnessof the Gentileshas comein;
Quite right,they were broken offfor their unbelief,but you standby your faith.Do not be conceited,but fear;
"O generation,heedthe wordof the LORD.Have I beena wildernessto Israel,Ora landof thickdarkness?Whydo My peoplesay,We [are free to] roam;We will nolongercometo You'?
Whois blindbut My servant,Or so deafas My messengerwhom I send?Whois so blindas he that is at peace[with Me], Or so blindas the servantof the LORD?
That I not be fulland deny[You] and say,"Whois the LORD?"Or that I not be in wantand steal,And profanethe nameof my God.
Sobecauseyou are lukewarm,and neitherhotnorcold,I willspityou out of My mouth.
