“I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.”
I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot — I wish that you were either cold or hot — the climate metaphor frames Laodicea's lukewarmness as worse than antagonism; cold water refreshes, hot water cleanses, but lukewarm water is useless and repulsive. This depicts spiritual complacency and half-heartedness.
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