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Revelation 3:17 Open Bible at Rev. 3:17 Listen to Rev. 3:17  you
say λέγεις [legeis] , you are presently saying.  I am rich The
attitude of the city of Laodicea had infected the church. “It is
evident that the Christians of Laodicea shared the self-
sufficiency of their fellow-townsmen, and carried it into the
sphere of their relations with God and Christ.”1 Self-
sufficiency is the death-knell of relationship with God for
independence of God is sin! The town had independently recovered
from a devastating earthquake in the reign of Tiberius (A.D.
14-37, Luke 3:1) without asking for or receiving help from the
Roman senate.2 Its riches and success had influenced the
thinking of its residents. Pride and self-sufficiency had crept
into the culture and the culture had crept into the church.  I
am rich, πεπλύτηκα [peplytēka] , is I have become rich, (perfect
tense). The emphasis is on the result—now