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NASB					Rev 3:15 ¶ '^AI know^3609a your deeds²⁰⁴¹, that you are neither³⁷⁷⁷ cold⁵⁵⁹³ nor³⁷⁷⁷ hot²²⁰⁰; ^BI wish³⁷⁸⁵ that you were cold⁵⁵⁹³ or²²²⁸ hot²²⁰⁰.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Rev 3:15 ¶ 'I know your deeds, that you are ¹neither cold (invigorating, refreshing) nor hot (healing, therapeutic); I wish that you were ²cold or hot.

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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This phrase and the word lukewarm in v 16 form a metaphor that is probably based on the quality of the water supply of Laodicea, which was delivered by aqueduct from the hot mineral springs about five miles away. During its journey, the water cooled to a warm or lukewarm temperature.

I.e. alive, productive--beneficial in one way or the other.

NASB Cross References:
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Rev 3:1 "To the angel of the church in Sardis write: ¶ He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: 'I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.

Rom 12:11 not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

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Greek Heb.

2041

ergon; from a prim. vb. erdô (to do); work:--action(1), behavior(1), deed(13), deeds(52), doing(1), effectual(1), labor(1), result(1), task(1), what...done(1), work(34), works(62).

2200

zestos; from 2204; boiling hot:--hot(3).

2228

ê; a prim. conjunc. used disjunctively or cptv.; or, than:--either(4), nor(1), or(282), or else(4), other than(1), rather(1), rather than(2), than(36), than...or(1), whether(1).

3609a

oida; perf. of 1491a; to have seen or perceived, hence to know:--appreciate(1), aware(3), become learned(1), conscious*(1), having a knowledge(1), knew(16), knew...about(1), know(216), know about(1), know how(9), knowing(36), known(4), known about(1), knows(15), knows how(1), realize(1), realizing(2), recognize(3), unaware*(1), understand(5), understanding(1).

3777

oute; from 3756 and 5037; and not, neither:--either(4), neither(11), neither...nor(4), neither...nor(11), neither...nor...nor(1), never*(1), no...either(1), nor(32), nothing(1), or(9), useless*(1).

3785

ophelon; from 3784; would that (used to express an unattainable wish):--wish(4).

5593

psuchros; from 5592; cold:--cold(4).

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