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Revelation 3:5
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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.” ’  

The Faithful Church

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”:  
8 a“I know your works. See, I have set before you ban open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.  
9 Indeed I will make athose of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed bI will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.  
10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, aI also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon bthe whole world, to test those who dwell con the earth.  
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Revelation 3:5

Shall be arrayed (peribaleitai). Future middle indicative of periballw, to fling around one, here and in Revelation 4:4 with en and the locative, but usually in this book with the accusative of the thing, retained in the passive or with the middle (Revelation 7:9, Revelation 7:13; Revelation 10:1; Revelation 11:3; Revelation 12:1; Revelation 17:4; Revelation 18:16; Revelation 19:8, Revelation 19:13).

In white garments (en imatioiv leukoiv). Apparently the spiritual bodies in the risen life as in II Corinthians 5:1, II Corinthians 5:4 and often in Revelation (Revelation 3:4-5; Revelation 6:11; Revelation 7:9, Revelation 7:13 f.; Revelation 19:8).

I will in no wise blot out (ou mh ecaleiyw). Strong double negative ou mh and the first aorist active (or future) of ecaleifw, old word, to wipe out (Acts 3:19).

Of the book of life (ek thv biblou thv zwhv). Ablative case with ek. This divine register first occurs in Exodus 32:32 f. and often in the O.T. See Luke 10:20; Philippians 4:3; Revelation 13:8; Revelation 20:15; Revelation 21:27. The book is in Christ's hands (Revelation 13:8; Revelation 21:27).

His name (to onoma autou). The name of the one who overcomes (o nikwn). Clear reminiscence of the words of Christ about confessing to the Father those who confess him here (Matthew 10:32; Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26; Luke 12:8). Whether John knew the Synoptic Gospels (and why not?) he certainly knew such sayings of Jesus.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 3:5:

Philippians 4:3
Colossians 2:14
Revelation 2:7
Revelation 3:5
Revelation 3:18
Revelation 4:4
Revelation 7:17
Revelation 13:8
Revelation 20:12
Revelation 21:27

 

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