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Revelation 3:5 Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
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I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/revelation/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/revelation/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/revelation/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/revelation/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />The <i>one</i> overcoming thus will be clothed in white garments. And I will never blot out his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/revelation/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/revelation/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/revelation/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The one who overcomes will be clothed the same way, in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/revelation/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />‘He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/revelation/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘He who overcomes shall thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/revelation/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/revelation/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God] will accordingly be dressed in white clothing; and I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, and I will confess <i>and</i> openly acknowledge his name before My Father and before His angels [saying that he is one of Mine].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/revelation/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“In the same way, the one who conquers will be dressed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/revelation/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the same way, the victor will be dressed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name before My Father and before His angels. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/revelation/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/revelation/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Everyone who wins the victory will wear white clothes. Their names will not be erased from the book of life, and I will tell my Father and his angels that they are my followers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/revelation/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/revelation/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Everyone who wins the victory this way will wear white clothes. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life. I will acknowledge them in the presence of my Father and his angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/revelation/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Those who win the victory will be clothed like this in white, and I will not remove their names from the book of the living. In the presence of my Father and of his angels I will declare openly that they belong to me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/revelation/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The person who conquers in this way will wear white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the Book of Life. I will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father and his angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/revelation/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/revelation/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The one who conquers will be dressed like them in white clothing, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, but will declare his name before my Father and before his angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/revelation/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the Book of Life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/revelation/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/revelation/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"'In this way he who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments; and I will certainly not blot out his name from the Book of Life, but will acknowledge him in the presence of My Father and His angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/revelation/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/revelation/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The [one] thus overcoming will be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Scroll of Life, and I will confess his name before My Father, and before His messengers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/revelation/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />The <i>one</i> overcoming thus will be clothed in white garments. And I will never blot out his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/revelation/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> He who is overcoming -- this one -- shall be arrayed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the scroll of the life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before His messengers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/revelation/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He conquering, the same shall be surrounded in white garments; and I will not wipe out his name from the book of life, but I will acknowledge his name before my Father, and before his messengers.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/revelation/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He that shall overcome, shall thus be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/revelation/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Whoever prevails, so shall he be clothed in white vestments. And I will not delete his name from the Book of Life. And I will confess his name in the presence of my Father and in the presence of his Angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/revelation/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“ ‘ “The victor will thus be dressed in white, and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father and of his angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/revelation/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If you conquer, you will be clothed like them in white robes, and I will not blot your name out of the book of life; I will confess your name before my Father and before his angels.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/revelation/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He who overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white robes; and I will not blot his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“He who overcomes in this way is garbed with a white garment, and I shall not blot out his name from The Book of Life, and I shall confess his name before my Father and before his Angels.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/revelation/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />He that overcomes, shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot his name out of the book of life: and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/revelation/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>The one conquering shall thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not blot out his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and in the presence of his angels.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/revelation/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />He that overcometh, this man shall be clothed in white robes; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/revelation/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />he that overcometh, the same shall be cloathed in white raiment; I will not efface his name out of the book of life, but I will own him before my father, and before his angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/revelation/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"'In this way he who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments; and I will certainly not blot out his name from the Book of Life, but will acknowledge him in the presence of My Father and His angels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/revelation/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>He that overcomes shall thus be clothed in white garments; and I will in nowise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/revelation/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>He that overcometh shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name from the book of life; but I will own his name before my Father, and before his angels.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/revelation/3-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=644" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/revelation/3.htm">To the Church in Sardis</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3779.htm" title="3779: houtōs (Adv) -- Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).">Like them,</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.">he who</a> <a href="/greek/3528.htm" title="3528: nikōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- To conquer, be victorious, overcome, prevail, subdue. From nike; to subdue.">overcomes</a> <a href="/greek/4016.htm" title="4016: peribaleitai (V-FIM-3S) -- From peri and ballo; to throw all around, i.e. Invest.">will be dressed</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.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3022.htm" title="3022: leukois (Adj-DNP) -- White, bright, brilliant. From luke; white.">white.</a> <a href="/greek/2440.htm" title="2440: himatiois (N-DNP) -- A long flowing outer garment, tunic. Neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi; a dress."></a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">And</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/1813.htm" title="1813: exaleipsō (V-FIA-1S) -- To plaster, wash over; I wipe off, wipe out, obliterate. From ek and aleipho; to smear out, i.e. Obliterate.">I will never blot out</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: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3686.htm" title="3686: onoma (N-ANS) -- Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a name.">name</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- 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/976.htm" title="976: biblou (N-GFS) -- Properly, the inner bark of the papyrus plant, i.e. a sheet or scroll of writing.">Book</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2222.htm" title="2222: zōēs (N-GFS) -- Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.">of Life,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">but</a> <a href="/greek/3670.htm" title="3670: homologēsō (V-FIA-1S) -- From a compound of the base of homou and logos; to assent, i.e. Covenant, acknowledge.">I will confess</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: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3686.htm" title="3686: onoma (N-ANS) -- Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a name.">name</a> <a href="/greek/1799.htm" title="1799: enōpion (Prep) -- Neuter of a compound of en and a derivative of optanomai; in the face of.">before</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">My</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/3962.htm" title="3962: Patros (N-GMS) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">Father</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1799.htm" title="1799: enōpion (Prep) -- Neuter of a compound of en and a derivative of optanomai; in the face of."></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: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/32.htm" title="32: angelōn (N-GMP) -- From aggello; a messenger; especially an angel; by implication, a pastor.">angels.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">6</span>He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-1.htm">Daniel 12:1</a></span><br />“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32-33</a></span><br />Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.” / The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-20.htm">Luke 10:20</a></span><br />Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-3.htm">Philippians 4:3</a></span><br />Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have contended at my side for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/4-3.htm">Isaiah 4:3</a></span><br />Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy—all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-16.htm">Malachi 3:16-17</a></span><br />At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name. / “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-28.htm">John 10:28-29</a></span><br />I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. / My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/5-4.htm">1 John 5:4-5</a></span><br />because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. / Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-37.htm">Romans 8:37</a></span><br />No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-57.htm">1 Corinthians 15:57</a></span><br />But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/2-12.htm">2 Timothy 2:12</a></span><br />if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-23.htm">Hebrews 12:23</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-28.htm">Psalm 69:28</a></span><br />May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Isaiah 43:25</a></span><br />I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-24.htm">Ezekiel 18:24</a></span><br />But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.</p><p class="hdg">that.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/2-7.htm">Revelation 2:7</a></b></br> He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/17-25.htm">1 Samuel 17:25</a></b></br> And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, <i>that</i> the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.</p><p class="hdg">the same.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/3-4.htm">Revelation 3:4</a></b></br> Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/19-8.htm">Revelation 19:8</a></b></br> And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.</p><p class="hdg">blot.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32,33</a></b></br> Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14</a></b></br> Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/69-28.htm">Psalm 69:28</a></b></br> Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.</p><p class="hdg">the book.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/13-8.htm">Revelation 13:8</a></b></br> And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/17-8.htm">Revelation 17:8</a></b></br> The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/20-12.htm">Revelation 20:12,15</a></b></br> And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is <i>the book</i> of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works… </p><p class="hdg">confess.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/3-17.htm">Malachi 3:17</a></b></br> And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/10-32.htm">Matthew 10:32</a></b></br> Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/12-8.htm">Luke 12:8</a></b></br> Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/3_john/1-9.htm">Acknowledge</a> <a href="/revelation/1-20.htm">Angels</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-11.htm">Arrayed</a> <a href="/john/11-48.htm">Blot</a> <a href="/revelation/1-11.htm">Book</a> <a href="/james/2-15.htm">Clad</a> <a href="/revelation/1-13.htm">Clothed</a> <a href="/2_john/1-7.htm">Confess</a> <a href="/revelation/2-26.htm">Conquers</a> <a href="/revelation/3-4.htm">Dressed</a> <a href="/revelation/3-4.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/revelation/2-10.htm">Life</a> <a href="/revelation/1-20.htm">Messengers</a> <a href="/revelation/2-26.htm">Overcomes</a> <a href="/revelation/2-26.htm">Overcometh</a> <a href="/revelation/2-26.htm">Overcoming</a> <a href="/jude/1-24.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/james/2-3.htm">Raiment</a> <a href="/revelation/1-11.htm">Scroll</a> <a href="/revelation/2-15.htm">Way</a> <a href="/revelation/3-4.htm">White</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/38-25.htm">Acknowledge</a> <a href="/revelation/5-11.htm">Angels</a> <a href="/revelation/4-4.htm">Arrayed</a> <a href="/genesis/6-7.htm">Blot</a> <a href="/revelation/5-1.htm">Book</a> <a href="/revelation/4-4.htm">Clad</a> <a href="/revelation/3-18.htm">Clothed</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-5.htm">Confess</a> <a href="/revelation/3-12.htm">Conquers</a> <a href="/revelation/4-4.htm">Dressed</a> <a href="/revelation/3-18.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/revelation/8-9.htm">Life</a> <a href="/revelation/5-11.htm">Messengers</a> <a href="/revelation/3-12.htm">Overcomes</a> <a href="/revelation/3-12.htm">Overcometh</a> <a href="/revelation/3-21.htm">Overcoming</a> <a href="/revelation/6-16.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/revelation/3-18.htm">Raiment</a> <a href="/revelation/5-1.htm">Scroll</a> <a href="/revelation/8-12.htm">Way</a> <a href="/revelation/3-18.htm">White</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/3-1.htm">The angel of the church of Sardis is reproved and exhorted to repent.</a></span><br>3<span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/3-7.htm">The angel of the church of Philadelphia is approved for his diligence and patience;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/3-14.htm">the angel of Laodicea rebuked for being neither hot nor cold.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/3-20.htm">Christ stands at the door and knocks.</a></span><br></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'; 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The concept of overcoming is a recurring theme in Revelation, emphasizing perseverance and victory over sin and the world (<a href="/revelation/2-7.htm">Revelation 2:7, 2</a>:11, 2:17, 2:26). The "white" garments symbolize purity, righteousness, and victory. In the ancient world, white robes were often worn during celebrations and symbolized festivity and triumph. Biblically, white garments are associated with holiness and the righteousness of the saints (<a href="/revelation/19-8.htm">Revelation 19:8</a>). This imagery connects to the transfiguration of Jesus, where His clothes became dazzling white (<a href="/mark/9-3.htm">Mark 9:3</a>), symbolizing divine glory and purity.<p><b>And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life,</b><br>The "Book of Life" is a metaphorical record of those who have eternal life. This concept appears throughout Scripture, indicating those who belong to God (<a href="/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32-33</a>; <a href="/psalms/69-28.htm">Psalm 69:28</a>; <a href="/philippians/4-3.htm">Philippians 4:3</a>). The assurance that one's name will not be blotted out underscores the security of salvation for those who are faithful. In ancient cities, citizens' names were recorded in a register, and names could be removed if someone was deemed unworthy. This promise assures believers of their eternal citizenship in the heavenly kingdom, contrasting with the potential erasure from earthly records.<p><b>but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.</b><br>This promise echoes Jesus' words in the Gospels, where He states that whoever acknowledges Him before others, He will also acknowledge before His Father in heaven (<a href="/matthew/10-32.htm">Matthew 10:32</a>; <a href="/luke/12-8.htm">Luke 12:8</a>). The act of confessing one's name signifies acceptance and approval by Christ. In the cultural context, public acknowledgment by a figure of authority was a significant honor, affirming one's status and relationship with that authority. This assurance highlights the intimate relationship between Christ and the believer, as well as the believer's ultimate vindication and acceptance in the divine court.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_one_who_is_victorious.htm">The One Who is Victorious</a></b><br>Refers to believers who overcome spiritual challenges and remain faithful to Christ.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/w/white_garments.htm">White Garments</a></b><br>Symbolize purity, righteousness, and victory over sin, often associated with the redeemed in heaven.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_book_of_life.htm">The Book of Life</a></b><br>A heavenly record of those who have eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, who promises to acknowledge the faithful before God the Father and the angels.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_church_in_sardis.htm">The Church in Sardis</a></b><br>The original audience of this message, known for its reputation of being alive but spiritually dead.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/v/victory_through_faith.htm">Victory Through Faith</a></b><br>Emphasize that spiritual victory is achieved through steadfast faith in Jesus Christ, despite trials and temptations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_white_garments.htm">Symbolism of White Garments</a></b><br>Encourage believers to pursue a life of purity and righteousness, reflecting their identity in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/assurance_of_salvation.htm">Assurance of Salvation</a></b><br>Highlight the assurance that comes from having one's name in the Book of Life, providing comfort and motivation for holy living.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/public_confession.htm">Public Confession</a></b><br>Stress the importance of openly confessing faith in Christ, knowing that He will acknowledge us before the Father.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_vigilance.htm">Spiritual Vigilance</a></b><br>Urge believers to remain spiritually alert and active, avoiding the complacency that plagued the church in Sardis.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_revelation_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Revelation 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_rev_3_5_align_with_free_will.htm">How can Revelation 3:5’s promise of not erasing names from the Book of Life align with the concept of free will or potential apostasy in other scriptures? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_sardis_church's_message.htm">What message was given to the Church in Sardis?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_a_christian_be_removed_from_the_book_of_life.htm">Can a Christian's name be removed from the Book of Life?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_rev_4_4_elders_align_with_other_leaders.htm">How do the twenty-four elders from Revelation 4:4 align with or contradict other biblical notions of heavenly beings or leadership? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/revelation/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">He that overcometh.</span>--The promise is repeated to all who overcome; all, not who have never fallen, or failed, but who conquer, shall be clothed in glistening white raiment. On this glistering appearance comp. Dante's words, "robed in hue of living flame," and the description so frequent in the <span class= "ital">Pilgrim's Progress</span>--"the shining ones." Trench, who reminds us that this glistening white is found in the symbolism of heathen antiquity, says: "The glorified body, defecated of all its dregs and impurities, whatever remained of those having been <span class= "ital">precipitated</span> in death, and now transformed and transfigured into the likeness of Christ's body (<a href="/philippians/3-21.htm" title="Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like to his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things to himself.">Philippians 3:21</a>), this, with its robe, atmosphere, and effluence of lights, is itself, I believe, the white raiment which Christ here promises to His redeemed." Professor Lightfoot thinks (see his <span class= "ital">Epistle to Col.</span> p. 22) that there may be a reference to the purple dyes for which Sardis, as well as Thyatira, was celebrated.<p><span class= "bld">I will not blot out . . .</span>--The negative is emphatic, "I will in no wise blot out." This figure of speech--a book and the blotting out--was ancient. (See <a href="/deuteronomy/32-32.htm" title="For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:">Deuteronomy 32:32</a>; <a href="/psalms/69-21.htm" title="They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.">Psalm 69:21</a>; <a href="/daniel/12-1.htm" title="And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which stands for the children of your people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.">Daniel 12:1</a>; comp. also <a href="/luke/10-20.htm" title="Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.">Luke 10:20</a>; <a href="/philippians/4-3.htm" title="And I entreat you also, true yoke fellow, help those women which labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellow laborers, whose names are in the book of life.">Philippians 4:3</a>.) The name shall not be erased from the roll or register of the citizens of heaven. "A process of erasure is ever going on, besides the process of entering. When the soul has finally taken its choice for evil, when Christ is utterly denied on earth and trodden under foot, when the defilement of sin has become inveterate and indelible, then the pen is drawn through the guilty name, then the inverted style smears the wax over the unworthy characters; and when the owner of that name applies afterwards for admittance, the answer is, 'I know thee not; depart hence, thou willing worker and lover of iniquity'" (Dr. Vaughan). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments</span>. It is difficult to see on what principles of criticism Alford retains the reading of the Textus Receptus, <span class="greek">οῦτος</span>, instead of that rightly accepted by the Revisers, <span class="greek">οὕτως</span>. The latter has a very decided balance of external evidence in its favour; the former is a corruption very likely to occur either accidentally or in order to introduce a construction very frequent in St. John (<a href="/john/3-26.htm">John 3:26</a>; <a href="/john/6-46.htm">John 6:46</a>; <a href="/john/7-18.htm">John 7:18</a>; <a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5</a>; <a href="/2_john/1-9.htm">2 John 1:9</a>). The change from "clothed" (Authorized Version) to "arrayed" (Revised Version) here and elsewhere is no doubt made in order to mark the difference between <span class="greek">περιβελημένος</span> and <span class="greek">ἐνδεδυμένος</span>. But neither the Authorized Version (John 17:4; 19:8) nor the Revised Version (John 11:3; 15:6) is consistent. The Authorized Version generally renders both words "clothed." The Revised Version generally has "arrayed" for <span class="greek">περιβελημένος</span>, and "clothed" for <span class="greek">ἐνδεδυμένος</span>. The Authorized Version is singularly capricious in having "garments" for <span class="greek">ἱμάτια</span> in ver. 4, and "raiment" for the same word in ver. 5. The construction, <span class="greek">περιβάλλεσθαι ἔν τινι</span>, occurs again in <a href="/revelation/4-4.htm">Revelation 4:4</a>, and once or twice in the LXX. (<a href="/deuteronomy/22-12.htm">Deuteronomy 22:12</a>); the usual construction is with the accusative. The promise in this verse is again threefold, the last of the three promises in ver. 4 being repeated here as the first in this triplet. Repetitions of a similar kind are very frequent in the Fourth Gospel (<a href="/john/1-1.htm">John 1:1, 5</a>; <a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11</a>; <a href="/john/13-20.htm">John 13:20</a>; <a href="/john/15-19.htm">John 15:19</a>; <a href="/john/17-9.htm">John 17:9, 16</a>, etc.). <span class="cmt_word">I will in no wise blot out his name</span>. The negative, as in vers. 3 and 12, is in the strongest form. Here we seem to have a figure borrowed from the custom of striking the names of the dead out of the list of citizens. But the figure is a very ancient one, as is seen from parallels in the Old Testament. The present passage, <span class="greek">Ἐξαλείψω... ἐκ τῆς βίβλου τῆς ζωῆς</span> is singularly close to the LXX. of <a href="/psalms/69-29.htm">Psalm 69:29</a>, <span class="greek">Αξαλειφθήτωσαν ἐκ βιβλίου ζώντων</span>; and to <a href="/exodus/32-33.htm">Exodus 32:33</a>, '<span class="greek">Αξαλείψω αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς βίβλου</span> <span class="greek">μου</span>; comp. <a href="/psalms/109-13.htm">Psalm 109:13</a>; <a href="/daniel/12-1.htm">Daniel 12:1</a>; and for the exact expression, "the book of life," see <a href="/revelation/13-8.htm">Revelation 13:8</a>; <a href="/revelation/17-8.htm">Revelation 17:8</a>; <a href="/revelation/20-15.htm">Revelation 20:15</a>; <a href="/revelation/21-27.htm">Revelation 21:27</a>; and (without articles) <a href="/philippians/4-3.htm">Philippians 4:3</a>, where Bishop Lightfoot comments as follows: "The 'book of life' in the figurative language of the Old Testament is the register of the covenant people (comp. <a href="/isaiah/4-3.htm">Isaiah 4:3</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/13-9.htm">Ezekiel 13:9</a>). Hence 'to be blotted out of the book of the living' means 'to forfeit the privileges of the theocracy, to be shut out from God's favour.' But the expression, though perhaps confined originally to temporal blessings, was in itself a witness to higher hopes; and in the Book of Daniel first it distinctly refers to a blessed immortality (comp. Hermas, 'Vis.,' 1:3; see also <a href="/luke/10-20.htm">Luke 10:20</a>; <a href="/hebrews/12-23.htm">Hebrews 12:23</a>)? And I will confess his name. Without the smallest manuscript authority or any encouragement from previous versions, Latin, German, or English, the Genevan and Authorized Versions here render <span class="greek">καί</span> "but"! The simple connexion with "and" is thoroughly in St. John's style: "He shall be... <span class="accented">and</span> I will... <span class="accented">and</span> I will" (comp. vers. 12, 17; <a href="/revelation/2-26.htm">Revelation 2:26-28</a>, etc.; <a href="/john/1-4.htm">John 1:4, 5, 10, 11, 14</a>, etc.). This is the third of the promises: <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> he shall be in unsullied glory; <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> he shall never lose his heavenly citizenship; <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> he shall be publicly acknowledged as a citizen by the Judge. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/revelation/3-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Like [them],</span><br /><span class="grk">οὕτως</span> <span class="translit">(houtōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3779.htm">Strong's 3779: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the [one who]</span><br /><span class="grk">Ὁ</span> <span class="translit">(HO)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is victorious</span><br /><span class="grk">νικῶν</span> <span class="translit">(nikōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3528.htm">Strong's 3528: </a> </span><span class="str2">To conquer, be victorious, overcome, prevail, subdue. From nike; to subdue.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be dressed</span><br /><span class="grk">περιβαλεῖται</span> <span class="translit">(peribaleitai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4016.htm">Strong's 4016: </a> </span><span class="str2">From peri and ballo; to throw all around, i.e. Invest.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">white.</span><br /><span class="grk">λευκοῖς</span> <span class="translit">(leukois)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3022.htm">Strong's 3022: </a> </span><span class="str2">White, bright, brilliant. From luke; white.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will never blot out</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐξαλείψω</span> <span class="translit">(exaleipsō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1813.htm">Strong's 1813: </a> </span><span class="str2">To plaster, wash over; I wipe off, wipe out, obliterate. From ek and aleipho; to smear out, i.e. Obliterate.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(autou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">name</span><br /><span class="grk">ὄνομα</span> <span class="translit">(onoma)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3686.htm">Strong's 3686: </a> </span><span class="str2">Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκ</span> <span class="translit">(ek)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> </span><span class="str2">From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">τῆς</span> <span class="translit">(tēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">book</span><br /><span class="grk">βίβλου</span> <span class="translit">(biblou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_976.htm">Strong's 976: </a> </span><span class="str2">Properly, the inner bark of the papyrus plant, i.e. a sheet or scroll of writing.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of life,</span><br /><span class="grk">ζωῆς</span> <span class="translit">(zōēs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2222.htm">Strong's 2222: </a> </span><span class="str2">Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[but]</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will confess</span><br /><span class="grk">ὁμολογήσω</span> <span class="translit">(homologēsō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3670.htm">Strong's 3670: </a> </span><span class="str2">From a compound of the base of homou and logos; to assent, i.e. Covenant, acknowledge.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(autou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">name</span><br /><span class="grk">ὄνομα</span> <span class="translit">(onoma)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3686.htm">Strong's 3686: </a> </span><span class="str2">Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐνώπιον</span> <span class="translit">(enōpion)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1799.htm">Strong's 1799: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neuter of a compound of en and a derivative of optanomai; in the face of.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My</span><br /><span class="grk">μου</span> <span class="translit">(mou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> </span><span class="str2">I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Father</span><br /><span class="grk">Πατρός</span> <span class="translit">(Patros)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">His</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(autou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">angels.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀγγέλων</span> <span class="translit">(angelōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_32.htm">Strong's 32: </a> </span><span class="str2">From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/revelation/3-5.htm">Revelation 3:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/revelation/3-5.htm">Revelation 3:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/revelation/3-5.htm">Revelation 3:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/revelation/3-5.htm">Revelation 3:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/revelation/3-5.htm">Revelation 3:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/revelation/3-5.htm">Revelation 3:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/revelation/3-5.htm">Revelation 3:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/revelation/3-5.htm">Revelation 3:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/revelation/3-5.htm">Revelation 3:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/revelation/3-5.htm">Revelation 3:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/revelation/3-5.htm">NT Prophecy: Revelation 3:5 He who overcomes will be arrayed (Rev. 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