So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going ¹  to vomit ²  you out of my mouth!

biblegateway Rev 3:16

‘So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.

So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of My mouth.

Thus, because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit you out of my mouth!

biblegateway Rev 3:16

So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.

bibleoremus Rev 3:16

So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

Because you are neither one nor the other, but just lukewarm, I will spit you out of my mouth.

biblegateway Rev 3:16

"So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.

So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

biblegateway Rev 3:16

So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going ¹  to vomit ²  you out of my mouth!

¹ tn Or “I intend.”

² tn This is the literal meaning of the Greek verb ἐμέω (emew). It is usually translated with a much weaker term like “spit out” due to the unpleasant connotations of the English verb “vomit,” as noted by L&N 23.44. The situation confronting the Laodicean church is a dire one, however, and such a term is necessary if the modern reader is to understand the gravity of the situation.