203.“我巴不得你或冷或热”表他们最好要么从心里否认圣言和教会的神圣事物，要么从心里承认它们。其原因将在下一节予以解释。
203. "'Would that you were cold or hot.'" This symbolically means that it would be better for them either to deny wholeheartedly the holy things of the Word and church, or to acknowledge them wholeheartedly. We will give the reason in the exposition that follows next.
203. 'I would thou wert cold or hot' signifies that it is better that they should wholeheartedly deny the holy things of the Word and the Church, or wholeheartedly acknowledge them. The reason will be stated in the paragraph that now follows.
203. I would thou wert cold or hot, signifies that it is better for them either from the heart to deny the holy things of the Word and of the church, or from the heart to acknowledge them. The reason will be explained in the next article.
203. "Utinam frigidus esses aut calidus," significat quod praestet ut vel ex corde negent sancta Verbi et Ecclesiae, vel ex corde agnoscant illa: causa dicetur in nunc sequente articulo.