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The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. <a href="/nlt/revelation/22.htm">New Living Translation</a> No longer will there be a curse upon anything. For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants will worship him. <a href="/esv/revelation/22.htm">English Standard Version</a> No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. <a href="/bsb/revelation/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him. <a href="/blb/revelation/22.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And there will not be any curse any longer. And the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His servants will serve Him. <a href="/kjv/revelation/22.htm">King James Bible</a> And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: <a href="/nkjv/revelation/22.htm">New King James Version</a> And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. <a href="/nasb_/revelation/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; <a href="/nasb/revelation/22.htm">NASB 1995</a> There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; <a href="/nasb77/revelation/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And there shall no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His bond-servants shall serve Him; <a href="/lsb/revelation/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And there will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His slaves will serve Him; <a href="/amp/revelation/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a> There will no longer exist anything that is cursed [because sin and illness and death are gone]; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve and worship Him [with great awe and joy and loving devotion]; <a href="/csb/revelation/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> and there will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will worship him. <a href="/hcsb/revelation/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> and there will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and His slaves will serve Him. <a href="/asv/revelation/22.htm">American Standard Version</a> And there shall be no curse any more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein: and his servants shall serve him; <a href="/cev/revelation/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> God's curse will no longer be on the people of that city. He and the Lamb will be seated there on their thrones, and its people will worship God <a href="/erv/revelation/22.htm">English Revised Version</a> And there shall be no curse any more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein: and his servants shall do him service; <a href="/gwt/revelation/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> There will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and the lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him <a href="/gnt/revelation/22.htm">Good News Translation</a> Nothing that is under God's curse will be found in the city. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will worship him. <a href="/isv/revelation/22.htm">International Standard Version</a> There will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and the lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him <a href="/net/revelation/22.htm">NET Bible</a> And there will no longer be any curse, and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him, <a href="/nheb/revelation/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants serve him. <a href="/wbt/revelation/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: <a href="/wey/revelation/22.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "In future there will be no curse," he said, "but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in that city. And His servants will render Him holy service and will see His face,<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/revelation/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him. <a href="/web/revelation/22.htm">World English Bible</a> There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/revelation/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and there will no longer be any curse, and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His servants will serve Him, <a href="/blb/revelation/22.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And there will not be any curse any longer. And the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His servants will serve Him. <a href="/ylt/revelation/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and any curse there shall not be any more, and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him, <a href="/slt/revelation/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And there shall be no more curse: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in her; and his servants shall serve him:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/revelation/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And there shall be no curse any more; but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall serve him. <a href="/cpdv/revelation/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And every curse shall be no more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants shall serve him. <a href="/nabre/revelation/22.htm">New American Bible</a> Nothing accursed will be found there anymore. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. <a href="/nrsvce/revelation/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/revelation/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And that which drops shall be no more: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/22.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And no curse shall be there, and the throne of God and of The Lamb shall be in it, and his Servants shall serve him.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/revelation/22.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And there shall be no more curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it: and his servants shall serve him. <a href="/godbey/revelation/22.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And there shall be no more curse. And the throne of God and the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: <a href="/haweis/revelation/22.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And no accursed thing is there any more; and the throne of God and of the Lamb are in it, and his servants will pay divine worship to him. <a href="/mace/revelation/22.htm">Mace New Testament</a> There shall be nothing obnoxious to a curse: but the throne of God and of the lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him. <a href="/wey/revelation/22.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "In future there will be no curse," he said, "but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in that city. And His servants will render Him holy service and will see His face, <a href="/worrell/revelation/22.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And there shall be no more curse. And the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it; and His servants will serve Him; <a href="/worsley/revelation/22.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And every curse shall cease: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall serve Him. <a href="/parallel/revelation/22-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=4723" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/revelation/22.htm">The River of Life</a> …2down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">No</a> <a href="/greek/2089.htm" title="2089: eti (Adv) -- (a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; yet, still.">longer</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estai (V-FIM-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">will there be</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pan (Adj-NNS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">any</a> <a href="/greek/2652.htm" title="2652: katathema (N-NNS) -- A curse, an accursed thing. From kata and anathema; an imprecation.">curse.</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">The</a> <a href="/greek/2362.htm" title="2362: thronos (N-NMS) -- From thrao; a stately seat; by implication, power or a potentate.">throne</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/721.htm" title="721: Arniou (N-GNS) -- (originally: a little lamb, but diminutive force was lost), a lamb. Diminutive from aren; a lambkin.">Lamb</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estai (V-FIM-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">will be</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">within</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autē (PPro-DF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">the city,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1401.htm" title="1401: douloi (N-NMP) -- (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave.">servants</a> <a href="/greek/3000.htm" title="3000: latreusousin (V-FIA-3P) -- To serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship. From latris; to minister, i.e. Render religious homage.">will worship</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autō (PPro-DM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Him.</a> 4They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17-19</a> And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. / Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. / By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.” <a href="/genesis/3-22.htm">Genesis 3:22-24</a> Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...” / Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. / So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life. <a href="/zechariah/14-11.htm">Zechariah 14:11</a> People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely. <a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm">Isaiah 11:6-9</a> The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them. / The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. / The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest. ... <a href="/isaiah/35-9.htm">Isaiah 35:9</a> No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it. <a href="/ezekiel/34-25.htm">Ezekiel 34:25</a> I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest. <a href="/ezekiel/37-26.htm">Ezekiel 37:26-28</a> And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever. / My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people. / Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’” <a href="/isaiah/65-25.htm">Isaiah 65:25</a> The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/60-18.htm">Isaiah 60:18-20</a> No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. / No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor. / Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease. <a href="/romans/8-21.htm">Romans 8:21</a> that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-26.htm">1 Corinthians 15:26</a> The last enemy to be destroyed is death. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-54.htm">1 Corinthians 15:54-57</a> When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” / “Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” / The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ... <a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a> There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His. <a href="/hebrews/12-22.htm">Hebrews 12:22-24</a> Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels / in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, / to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. <a href="/revelation/7-15.htm">Revelation 7:15-17</a> For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them. / ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’ / For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:there.<a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a> And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.<a href="/deuteronomy/27-26.htm">Deuteronomy 27:26</a> Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.<a href="/zechariah/14-11.htm">Zechariah 14:11</a> And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.but.<a href="/revelation/7-15.htm">Revelation 7:15-17</a> Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them… <a href="/revelation/21-22.htm">Revelation 21:22,23</a> And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it… <a href="/psalms/16-11.htm">Psalm 16:11</a> Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.his.<a href="/revelation/7-15.htm">Revelation 7:15</a> Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.<a href="/john/12-26.htm">John 12:26</a> If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/galatians/3-13.htm">Accursed</a> <a href="/revelation/19-5.htm">Bond-Servants</a> <a href="/revelation/22-2.htm">City</a> <a href="/revelation/8-12.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/revelation/20-11.htm">Face</a> <a href="/revelation/10-11.htm">Future</a> <a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">High</a> <a href="/revelation/21-10.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/revelation/21-22.htm">Lamb</a> <a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Render</a> <a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/revelation/19-5.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/revelation/11-1.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/revelation/7-15.htm">Service</a> <a href="/revelation/21-22.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">Throne</a> <a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/revelation/13-8.htm">Worshipping</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">Accursed</a> <a href="/revelation/22-6.htm">Bond-Servants</a> <a href="/revelation/22-14.htm">City</a> <a href="/genesis/4-11.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/revelation/22-4.htm">Face</a> <a href="/genesis/9-12.htm">Future</a> <a href="/genesis/6-15.htm">High</a> <a href="/revelation/22-6.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/genesis/22-7.htm">Lamb</a> <a href="/revelation/22-12.htm">Render</a> <a href="/genesis/41-43.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/revelation/22-6.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/genesis/1-14.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/genesis/26-14.htm">Service</a> <a href="/genesis/9-7.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/genesis/41-40.htm">Throne</a> <a href="/revelation/22-8.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-4.htm">Worshipping</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 22</div>1. <a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">The river of the water of life.</a> 2. <a href="/revelation/22-2.htm">The tree of life.</a> 5. <a href="/revelation/22-5.htm">The light of the city of God is himself.</a> 7. <a href="/revelation/22-7.htm">Jesus Is Coming.</a> 9. <a href="/revelation/22-9.htm">The angel will not be worshipped.</a> 18. <a href="/revelation/22-18.htm">Nothing may be added to the word of God, nor taken away.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/revelation/22.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/revelation/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/revelation/22.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>No longer will there be any curse. This phrase signifies the complete removal of the curse that was introduced in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a> due to Adam and Eve's disobedience. The curse brought sin, death, and separation from God into the world. In <a href="/revelation/22-3.htm">Revelation 22:3</a>, the absence of the curse indicates the restoration of creation to its original state of perfection and harmony with God. This echoes the prophetic visions of a new heaven and a new earth found in <a href="/isaiah/65-17.htm">Isaiah 65:17</a> and <a href="/2_peter/3-13.htm">2 Peter 3:13</a>, where righteousness dwells and the effects of sin are eradicated.The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, The presence of the throne signifies God's sovereign rule and authority. The mention of both God and the Lamb highlights the unity and co-reign of the Father and Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God. This imagery connects to the vision in <a href="/revelation/4.htm">Revelation 4 and 5</a>, where the throne is central to the heavenly scene, emphasizing God's majesty and the Lamb's worthiness. The city refers to the New Jerusalem, described in <a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21</a>, symbolizing the ultimate dwelling place of God with His people, fulfilling the promise of Emmanuel, "God with us" (<a href="/matthew/1-23.htm">Matthew 1:23</a>).and His servants will worship Him. This phrase underscores the eternal purpose and joy of God's people: to worship Him. Worship in this context is not limited to singing or rituals but encompasses a life of service, devotion, and adoration. The term "servants" reflects the redeemed's identity and role, reminiscent of the faithful servants in Jesus' parables (e.g., <a href="/matthew/25-21.htm">Matthew 25:21</a>). This worship is a fulfillment of the call to worship in spirit and truth (<a href="/john/4-23.htm">John 4:23-24</a>) and is a direct contrast to the idolatry and false worship condemned throughout Revelation. The eternal worship of God and the Lamb signifies the ultimate reconciliation and communion between God and humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The supreme deity in Christian belief, who is the creator and ruler of the universe. In this verse, His throne is established within the city, signifying His presence and authority. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lamb.htm">The Lamb</a> A title for Jesus Christ, symbolizing His role as the sacrificial lamb who takes away the sins of the world. The Lamb shares the throne with God, indicating His divine authority and role in redemption. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_city.htm">The City</a> Refers to the New Jerusalem, the holy city described in Revelation as descending from heaven. It represents the ultimate dwelling place of God with His people. 4. <a href="/topical/h/his_servants.htm">His Servants</a> Believers who have been redeemed by Christ and are now serving and worshiping God in His presence. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_curse.htm">The Curse</a> Refers to the curse of sin and death that entered the world through Adam and Eve's disobedience. Its removal signifies the restoration and renewal of creation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_end_of_the_curse.htm">The End of the Curse</a> The removal of the curse signifies the complete redemption and restoration of creation. Believers can live with hope, knowing that all suffering and sin will ultimately be eradicated. <a href="/topical/t/the_presence_of_god_and_the_lamb.htm">The Presence of God and the Lamb</a> The shared throne of God and the Lamb emphasizes the unity and authority of the Father and the Son. Believers are called to recognize and submit to this divine authority in their lives. <a href="/topical/w/worship_as_a_central_activity.htm">Worship as a Central Activity</a> Worship is the primary activity of God's servants in the New Jerusalem. This calls believers to prioritize worship in their daily lives, both individually and corporately. <a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_of_god's_promises.htm">The Fulfillment of God's Promises</a> The vision of <a href="/revelation/22-3.htm">Revelation 22:3</a> assures believers of the faithfulness of God's promises. It encourages trust in God's plan and His ultimate victory over evil. <a href="/topical/l/living_as_servants.htm">Living as Servants</a> The identity of believers as servants of God highlights the call to serve Him faithfully now, in anticipation of eternal service in His presence.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_revelation_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Revelation 22</a> <a href="/q/is_there_work_in_heaven.htm">Is there work in Heaven?</a> <a href="/q/why_heal_on_the_sabbath.htm">Is there work in Heaven?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'see_him_as_he_is'_mean.htm">What does "We shall see Him as He is" mean?</a> <a href="/q/is_sin_possible_in_heaven.htm">Is sin possible in heaven?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/revelation/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) And there shall be no more curse . . . Better, And every curse, or accursed thing, shall not be any longer. There may be an allusion to <a href="/joshua/7-12.htm" title="Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except you destroy the accursed from among you.">Joshua 7:12</a>; there is certainly a borrowing, of language from Zechariah (<a href="/zechariah/14-11.htm" title="And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.">Zechariah 14:11</a>). All accursed things are removed, and with them passes the curse. The blessing of God's presence, and the blessing of God's rule take the place of the ascendancy of evil over the groaning creation (<a href="/romans/8-22.htm" title="For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.">Romans 8:22</a>). "The throne of God and the Lamb shall be in it." The song of the Psalmist receives new force: "the Lord reigneth: let the earth rejoice; let the multitudes of the isles be glad thereof;" the accursed things, even all things that offend, are gathered out of the kingdom (<a href="/matthew/13-41.htm" title="The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;">Matthew 13:41</a>).(3, 4) And his servants shall serve him . . .--We turn from the city to the inhabitants. They are described as serving Him, seeing Him, and resembling Him. They shall serve Him: they shall offer Him the service of the priesthood--the word employed is that used of temple service. The word translated "servants" is the word which the Apostles used when they spoke of themselves as slaves of Jesus Christ, owned as well as employed by Him (<a href="/philippians/1-1.htm" title="Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:">Philippians 1:1</a>; <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm" title="But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privately shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.">2Peter 2:1</a>; <a href="/jude/1-1.htm" title="Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:">Jude 1:1</a>). Their service here was discharged in the midst of discouragements and in difficulty; and they walked by faith, not by sight. Now the servants shall serve without hindrance or opposition, and they shall be encouraged by His immediate presence. "They shall see his face;" they shall know even as they are known (<a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm" title="For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.">1Corinthians 13:12</a>); they shall see Him as He is. No wonder, then, that he should add (and observe that the thought is exactly that which occurs in the First Epistle of St. John (<a href="/1_john/3-2.htm" title="Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.">1John 3:2</a>): "His name shall be in (or, on) their foreheads." The name stands for what God is in holiness and righteousness, purity and love. The name on the forehead indicates their resemblance to their Master. On earth the servants of God are changed from glory to glory into the same image (<a href="/2_corinthians/3-18.htm" title="But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.">2Corinthians 3:18</a>). They aim to be perfect, as their Father in heaven is perfect (<a href="/matthew/5-48.htm" title="Be you therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.">Matthew 5:48</a>); but when they see God as He is they shall be like Him. His name is on their foreheads, for they behold His face: they wake up after His likeness, and they are satisfied (<a href="/psalms/17-15.htm" title="As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness.">Psalm 17:15</a>). There is a divine paradox in the double truth: those who are like God see Him, and those who see Him are like Him (<a href="/matthew/5-8.htm" title="Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.">Matthew 5:8</a>). "There will come a time when the service of God shall be the beholding of Him; and though in these stormy seas, where we are now driven up and down, His Spirit is dimly seen on the face of the waters, and we are left to cast anchors out of the stern and wish for the day, that day will come, when, with the evangelist on the crystal and stable sea, all the creatures of God shall be full of eyes within, and there shall be no more curse, but His servants shall serve Him, and shall see His face" (Ruskin). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - And there shall be no more curse; and there shall be no accursed thing any more. Nothing accursed exists in that city, because there is no sin there. The narrative here passes into the future tense (cf. <a href="/revelation/20-7.htm">Revelation 20:7</a>). But the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him; and the throne, etc. This is the consequence of there being no accursed thing (cf. <a href="/joshua/7-12.htm">Joshua 7:12, 13</a>, "Neither will I be with you any more .... There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel"). God dwells in the city because all is holy. The throne of God and of the Lamb is one - God and the Lamb are one. Again, his servants, the servants of God and the Lamb (cf. <a href="/john/10-30.htm">John 10:30</a>). They "serve him," as described in <a href="/revelation/19-1.htm">Revelation 19:1-7</a> and elsewhere. <a href="/commentaries/revelation/22-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>No οὐκ (ouk) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. longer ἔτι (eti) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_2089.htm">Strong's 2089: </a> (a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; 'yet, ' still. will there be ἔσται (estai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. any πᾶν (pan) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. curse. κατάθεμα (katathema) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2652.htm">Strong's 2652: </a> A curse, an accursed thing. From kata and anathema; an imprecation. The ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. throne θρόνος (thronos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2362.htm">Strong's 2362: </a> From thrao; a stately seat; by implication, power or a potentate. of God Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. of the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Lamb Ἀρνίου (Arniou) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_721.htm">Strong's 721: </a> (originally: a little lamb, but diminutive force was lost), a lamb. Diminutive from aren; a lambkin. will be ἔσται (estai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. within ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. [the city], αὐτῇ (autē) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. servants δοῦλοι (douloi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1401.htm">Strong's 1401: </a> (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave. will worship λατρεύσουσιν (latreusousin) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3000.htm">Strong's 3000: </a> To serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship. From latris; to minister, i.e. Render religious homage. Him. αὐτῷ (autō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. 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