KJV ORIGINAL
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
You keep saying 'I'm doing amazing, I've got everything I need, I'm totally fine on my own' — but you don't even realize you're actually struggling, hurting, empty, completely lost, and have nothing that actually matters.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Thinking you have it all together when you're actually falling apart is the most dangerous place to be.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
John wrote the book of Revelation, containing this message, to the church in Laodicea, one of seven churches in Asia Minor, in the late first century
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