Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I rebuke The pronoun "I" stands emphatically at the beginning of the sentence as it were, "My way with those I love (the word is a strong one, expressing affection, not simply charity), is to shew them their faults," not to "prophesy smooth things," and encourage the self-complacent temper that was destroying the Laodiceans. In every other case, the Lord has noted both the good and the evil in the Church, and generally the good first: here He does nothing but find fault, but He adds in effect, "Do not suppose from this that I do not love you." The word "rebuke" is more often rendered "reprove:" see e.g. John 16:8; Ephesians 5:11; Ephesians 5:13: its meaning here is exactly what we express by "working conviction of sin."

be zealous therefore, and repent Shake off thy languid "lukewarm" temper: then thou wilt be able to start on a new life of righteousness.