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Laodicea

Asia · New Testament · 5 verses

A wealthy city in the Lycus Valley near Colossae and Hierapolis. The name appears in Colossians, Revelation in the King James text.

About Laodicea

A wealthy city in the Lycus Valley near Colossae and Hierapolis.

Its place in the story

Laodicea had a church that Paul mentioned in his letter to the Colossians. It is one of the seven churches of Revelation, rebuked for being lukewarm, neither cold nor hot.

Laodicea in Scripture (KJV)

“For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;”

Colossians 2:1 (KJV)

“For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.”

Colossians 4:13 (KJV)

“Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.”

Colossians 4:15 (KJV)

“And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.”

Colossians 4:16 (KJV)

“Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.”

Revelation 1:11 (KJV)

Where it leads

To Laodicea the risen Christ counseled repentance and stood at the door and knocked.

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