Elijah then came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” The people did not answer him a word.
Revelation 3:15 - New Revised Standard Version “I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I know your [record of] works and what you are doing; you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot! American Standard Version (1901) I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. Common English Bible I know your works. You are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. Catholic Public Domain Version I know your works: that you are neither cold, nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I know thy works, that thou art neither cold, nor hot. I would thou wert cold, or hot. |
Elijah then came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” The people did not answer him a word.
Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars, and destroy their pillars.
Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
And because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold.
“No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
For I fear that when I come, I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish; I fear that there may perhaps be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.
If only they had such a mind as this, to fear me and to keep all my commandments always, so that it might go well with them and with their children forever!
And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight
We must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of everyone of you for one another is increasing.
Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply from the heart.
“I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance. I know that you cannot tolerate evildoers; you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them to be false.
But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works; you have a name of being alive, but you are dead.
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.