17. "You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.'   But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.

18. "I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire [of persecution and trials], so you can become rich [spiritually]; and white clothes to wear [true righteousness], so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your [blind] eyes, so you can see."