Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be (k) zealous therefore, and repent.

(k) Zeal is set against those who are neither hot nor cold.

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¹⁹ As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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