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:
A lukewarm state generates fatal self-sufficiency (note, Revelation 3:15).
Thou sayest - mentally, if not in words.
Increased with goods, х peplouteeka (G4147)] - 'have become enriched:' self-praise in self-acquired riches. Alluding to Hosea 12:8. The riches on which they prided themselves were spiritual; their spiritual self-sufficiency ("I have need of nothing") was fostered by worldly wealth, as poverty of spirit is fostered by poverty in worldly riches. Compare Matthew 5:3, with Luke 6:20.
Knowest not that thou - in particular, above all others.
Art wretched - `art the wretched one.'
Miserable. So 'Aleph (') C; but A B prefix 'the.' х Ho (G3588) eleeinos (G1652), 'the pitiable:' especially to be pitied.] How different Christ's estimate from men's own estimate of themselves!
Blind. Laodicea boasted of a deeper than common insight into divine things. Not absolutely blind: else eye-salve would have been of no avail, but comparatively.