A town in the Roman province of Asia, in the valley of the Lycus, near Colossae and Hierapolis. In Col. 4: 16 there is a reference to a letter written by Paul to the Church in Laodicea. Other references to Laodicea are found in Col. 2: 1; Col. 4: 13, 15; Rev. 1: 11; Rev. 3: 14. This last passage shows that the special danger of the church there was its lukewarmness.