Place
Laodicea
Colossae's wealthy neighbor (Col 4:15-16), addressee of a now-lost Pauline letter and later of Revelation's lukewarm rebuke (Rev 3:14-22) — its tepid aqueduct water the living metaphor.
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Where it is
- Region
- Lycus Valley, Phrygia
- Kind of place
- City
Laodicea in Scripture
6 verses name it — all of them- Colossians 2:1For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
- Colossians 4:13For I bear him witness, that he hath much labor for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.
- Colossians 4:15Salute the brethren that are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in their house.
- Colossians 4:16And when this epistle hath been read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye also read the epistle from Laodicea.
- Revelation 1:11saying, What thou seest, write in a book and send it to the seven churches: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
- Revelation 3:14And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God: