Revelation 3:4

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2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before¹ God.

3 ^aRemember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and ^brepent. ^cTherefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you ^das a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.

4 You have ^aa few names even in Sardis who have not ^bdefiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me ^cin white, for they are worthy.

5 He who overcomes ^ashall be clothed in white garments, and I will not ^bblot out his name from the ^cBook of Life; but ^dI will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

6 ^a“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’

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7 “And to the¹ angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says ^aHe who is holy, ^bHe who is true, ^c“He who has the key of David, ^dHe who opens and no one shuts, and ^eshuts and no one opens”:

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Revelation 3:4

Thou hast a few names even in Sardis - A few persons, names being put for those who bore them. And as the members of the Church were all enrolled, or their names entered in a book, when admitted into the Church or when baptized, names are here put for the people themselves. See Revelation 3:5.

Have not defiled their garments - Their souls. The Hebrews considered holiness as the garb of the soul, and evil actions as stains or spots on this garb. So in Shabbath, fol. 152, 2: "A certain king gave royal garments to his servants: those who were prudent folded them up, and laid them by in a chest; those who were foolish put them on, and performed their daily labor in them. After some time the king asked for those royal robes; the wise brought theirs white and clean, the foolish brought theirs spotted with dirt. With the former the king was well pleased; with the latter he was angry. Concerning the former he said: Let those garments be laid up in my wardrobe, and let the persons go home in peace. Of the latter he said: Let the garments be put into the hands of the fuller, and cast those who wore them into prison." This parable is spoken on these words of Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiastes 12:7 : The spirit shall return to God who gave it.

They shall walk with me in white - They shall be raised to a state of eternal glory, and shall be for ever with their Lord.

Other Adam Clarke entries containing Revelation 3:4:

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