It was not their wealth that brought the Laodiceans to such a pitiable spiritual situation. It was the fact that they trusted in wealth rather than in Jehovah.
Lāodikejas draudzes locekļi tik nožēlojamā garīgā stāvoklī bija nonākuši ne jau pašas bagātības dēļ, bet gan tāpēc, ka viņi paļāvās uz to, nevis uz Jehovu.