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</div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/revelation/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/revelation/3.htm">New International Version</a> To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne. <a href="/nlt/revelation/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> Those who are victorious will sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat with my Father on his throne. <a href="/esv/revelation/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. <a href="/bsb/revelation/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. <a href="/blb/revelation/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> The one overcoming, I will give to him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. <a href="/kjv/revelation/3.htm">King James Bible</a> To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. <a href="/nkjv/revelation/3.htm">New King James Version</a> To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. <a href="/nasb_/revelation/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The one who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat with My Father on His throne. <a href="/nasb/revelation/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. <a href="/nasb77/revelation/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. <a href="/lsb/revelation/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. <a href="/amp/revelation/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will grant to him [the privilege] to sit beside Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down beside My Father on His throne. <a href="/csb/revelation/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “To the one who conquers I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. <a href="/hcsb/revelation/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The victor: I will give him the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I also won the victory and sat down with My Father on His throne. <a href="/asv/revelation/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne. <a href="/cev/revelation/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Everyone who wins the victory will sit with me on my throne, just as I won the victory and sat with my Father on his throne. <a href="/erv/revelation/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne. <a href="/gwt/revelation/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I will allow everyone who wins the victory to sit with me on my throne, as I have won the victory and have sat down with my Father on his throne. <a href="/gnt/revelation/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> To those who win the victory I will give the right to sit beside me on my throne, just as I have been victorious and now sit by my Father on his throne. <a href="/isv/revelation/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> To the one who conquers I will give a place to sit with me on my throne, just as I have conquered and have sat down with my Father on his throne. <a href="/net/revelation/3.htm">NET Bible</a> I will grant the one who conquers permission to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. <a href="/nheb/revelation/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne. <a href="/wbt/revelation/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me on my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father on his throne. <a href="/wey/revelation/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "'To him who overcomes I will give the privilege of sitting down with Me on My throne, as I also have overcome and have sat down with My Father on His throne.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/revelation/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. <a href="/web/revelation/3.htm">World English Bible</a> He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/revelation/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> He who is overcoming—I will give to him to sit with Me in My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father in His throne. <a href="/blb/revelation/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> The one overcoming, I will give to him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. <a href="/ylt/revelation/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> He who is overcoming -- I will give to him to sit with me in my throne, as I also did overcome and did sit down with my Father in His throne. <a href="/slt/revelation/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> He conquering, will I give to him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered, and sat down with my Father on his throne.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/revelation/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> To him that shall overcome, I will give to sit with me in my throne: as I also have overcome, and am set down with my Father in his throne. <a href="/cpdv/revelation/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Whoever prevails, I will grant to him to sit with me on my throne, just as I also have overcome and have sat down with my Father on his throne. <a href="/nabre/revelation/3.htm">New American Bible</a> I will give the victor the right to sit with me on my throne, as I myself first won the victory and sit with my Father on his throne. <a href="/nrsvce/revelation/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> To the one who conquers I will give a place with me on my throne, just as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/revelation/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with me on my throne, even as I also overcame, and have sat down with my Father on his throne. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “And I shall grant the overcomer to sit with me on my throne, just as I have overcome and I sit with my Father on his throne.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/revelation/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> To him that overcomes, I will give to sit with me in my throne, even as I also have overcome, and have taken my seat with my father in his throne. <a href="/godbey/revelation/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>The one conquering, I will give unto him to sit with me on my throne, as I indeed have conquered, and sat down with my Father on his throne.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/revelation/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit on my throne, as I also have overcome, and have sat down with my Father on his throne. <a href="/mace/revelation/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> to him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my father in his throne. <a href="/wey/revelation/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "'To him who overcomes I will give the privilege of sitting down with Me on My throne, as I also have overcome and have sat down with My Father on His throne. <a href="/worrell/revelation/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>He that overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with Me in My throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with My Father in His throne.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/revelation/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>To him that overcometh I will grant to sit with me on my throne, as I also have overcome, and am set down with my Father on his throne.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/revelation/3-21.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=849" 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/3.htm">To the Church in Laodicea</a> …20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me. 21<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.">To the one</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.">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/1325.htm" title="1325: dōsō (V-FIA-1S) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">I will grant the right</a> <a href="/greek/2523.htm" title="2523: kathisai (V-ANA) -- Another form for kathezomai; to seat down, i.e. Set; intransitively, to sit; figuratively, to settle.">to sit</a> <a href="/greek/3326.htm" title="3326: met’ (Prep) -- (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. ">with</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: emou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">Me</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.">on</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: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2362.htm" title="2362: thronō (N-DMS) -- From thrao; a stately seat; by implication, power or a potentate.">throne,</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">just as</a> <a href="/greek/2504.htm" title="2504: kagō (PPro-N1S) -- To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me.">I</a> <a href="/greek/3528.htm" title="3528: enikēsa (V-AIA-1S) -- To conquer, be victorious, overcome, prevail, subdue. From nike; to subdue.">overcame</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2523.htm" title="2523: ekathisa (V-AIA-1S) -- Another form for kathezomai; to seat down, i.e. Set; intransitively, to sit; figuratively, to settle.">sat down</a> <a href="/greek/3326.htm" title="3326: meta (Prep) -- (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. ">with</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/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.">on</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: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2362.htm" title="2362: thronō (N-DMS) -- From thrao; a stately seat; by implication, power or a potentate.">throne.</a> 22He 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> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/revelation/2-26.htm">Revelation 2:26-27</a> And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations. / He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father. <a href="/matthew/19-28.htm">Matthew 19:28</a> Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. <a href="/luke/22-29.htm">Luke 22:29-30</a> And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me, / so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. <a href="/2_timothy/2-12.htm">2 Timothy 2:12</a> if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us; <a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17</a> And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-2.htm">1 Corinthians 6:2-3</a> Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? / Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! <a href="/hebrews/12-2.htm">Hebrews 12:2</a> Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. <a href="/john/16-33.htm">John 16:33</a> I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!” <a href="/philippians/2-9.htm">Philippians 2:9-11</a> Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, / that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, / and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. <a href="/ephesians/2-6.htm">Ephesians 2:6</a> And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, <a href="/daniel/7-13.htm">Daniel 7:13-14</a> In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. / And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed. <a href="/daniel/7-27.htm">Daniel 7:27</a> Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.’ <a href="/psalms/110-1.htm">Psalm 110:1</a> A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” <a href="/psalms/2-8.htm">Psalm 2:8-9</a> Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession. / You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.” <a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm">Isaiah 9:7</a> Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.him.<a href="/revelation/2-7.htm">Revelation 2:7</a> 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.<a href="/revelation/12-11.htm">Revelation 12:11</a> And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.<a href="/1_john/5-4.htm">1 John 5:4,5</a> For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith… to sit.<a href="/revelation/1-6.htm">Revelation 1:6</a> And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.<a href="/revelation/2-26.htm">Revelation 2:26,27</a> And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: … <a href="/matthew/19-28.htm">Matthew 19:28</a> And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.even.<a href="/john/16-33.htm">John 16:33</a> These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.and am.<a href="/revelation/5-6.htm">Revelation 5:6-8</a> And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth… <a href="/revelation/7-17.htm">Revelation 7:17</a> For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.<a href="/daniel/7-13.htm">Daniel 7:13,14</a> I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/11-33.htm">Conquered</a> <a href="/revelation/3-12.htm">Conquers</a> <a href="/revelation/2-7.htm">Grant</a> <a href="/revelation/1-4.htm">High</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-33.htm">Overcame</a> <a href="/1_john/5-5.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/revelation/3-12.htm">Overcomes</a> <a href="/revelation/3-12.htm">Overcometh</a> <a href="/revelation/3-5.htm">Overcoming</a> <a href="/revelation/2-7.htm">Privilege</a> <a href="/revelation/2-7.htm">Right</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-2.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/revelation/2-13.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/james/2-3.htm">Seated</a> <a href="/james/4-12.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/james/4-11.htm">Sitting</a> <a href="/revelation/2-13.htm">Throne</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/5-5.htm">Conquered</a> <a href="/revelation/21-7.htm">Conquers</a> <a href="/revelation/11-3.htm">Grant</a> <a href="/revelation/4-2.htm">High</a> <a href="/revelation/12-11.htm">Overcame</a> <a href="/revelation/5-5.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/revelation/19-15.htm">Overcomes</a> <a href="/revelation/21-7.htm">Overcometh</a> <a href="/revelation/6-2.htm">Overcoming</a> <a href="/revelation/21-6.htm">Privilege</a> <a href="/revelation/4-11.htm">Right</a> <a href="/revelation/4-2.htm">Sat</a> <a href="/revelation/4-2.htm">Seat</a> <a href="/revelation/4-2.htm">Seated</a> <a href="/revelation/11-16.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/revelation/4-2.htm">Sitting</a> <a href="/revelation/4-2.htm">Throne</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 3</div>1. <a href="/revelation/3-1.htm">The angel of the church of Sardis is reproved and exhorted to repent.</a> 37. <a href="/revelation/3-7.htm">The angel of the church of Philadelphia is approved for his diligence and patience;</a> 14. <a href="/revelation/3-14.htm">the angel of Laodicea rebuked for being neither hot nor cold.</a> 20. <a href="/revelation/3-20.htm">Christ stands at the door and knocks.</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/3.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/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>To the one who overcomes This phrase emphasizes the call to perseverance and victory in the Christian life. The concept of "overcoming" is a recurring theme in the letters to the seven churches in Revelation. It implies a spiritual triumph over sin, temptation, and the trials of life. The term "overcomes" is linked to the Greek word "nikao," which means to conquer or gain victory. This victory is not achieved through human strength but through faith in Jesus Christ, as seen in 1 <a href="/john/5-4.htm">John 5:4-5</a>, which states that faith is the victory that overcomes the world.I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne This promise signifies a sharing in Christ's authority and victory. In ancient times, sitting on a throne was a symbol of power, authority, and rulership. The imagery here reflects the believer's future participation in Christ's reign, as also mentioned in <a href="/2_timothy/2-12.htm">2 Timothy 2:12</a>, where it is stated that if we endure, we will also reign with Him. This promise is a profound assurance of the believer's ultimate destiny and reward.just as I overcame Jesus' overcoming is a reference to His victory over sin, death, and the powers of darkness through His life, death, and resurrection. This phrase highlights the pattern that believers are to follow, as Jesus is the ultimate example of overcoming. His victory is the foundation for the believer's victory, as He has already conquered the world (<a href="/john/16-33.htm">John 16:33</a>).and sat down with My Father on His throne This part of the verse points to the exaltation of Christ after His resurrection, as He ascended to heaven and took His place at the right hand of the Father. This is a fulfillment of the prophecy in <a href="/psalms/110.htm">Psalm 110:1</a> and is affirmed in <a href="/hebrews/1-3.htm">Hebrews 1:3</a>, which describes Jesus sitting at the right hand of the Majesty on high. It signifies the completion of His redemptive work and His supreme authority over all creation. The believer's future sharing in this throne is a testament to the intimate relationship and unity with Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_overcomer.htm">The Overcomer</a> Refers to believers who remain faithful and victorious in their spiritual journey, overcoming sin and the challenges of the world. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this promise, who overcame sin and death through His life, death, and resurrection. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_throne.htm">The Throne</a> Symbolizes authority, power, and victory. It is the seat of divine rule and judgment. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_father.htm">The Father</a> God the Father, with whom Jesus shares His throne, indicating unity and shared authority. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_church_in_laodicea.htm">The Church in Laodicea</a> The immediate audience of this message, representing a church that is called to overcome its lukewarmness and spiritual complacency.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/v/victory_through_faith.htm">Victory Through Faith</a> Believers are called to overcome the world by maintaining their faith in Jesus Christ, who has already secured victory over sin and death. <a href="/topical/p/promise_of_authority.htm">Promise of Authority</a> The promise of sitting with Christ on His throne signifies a future sharing in His authority and glory, encouraging believers to persevere. <a href="/topical/i/imitating_christ's_overcoming.htm">Imitating Christ's Overcoming</a> Just as Jesus overcame, believers are encouraged to follow His example of faithfulness and endurance. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_spiritual_zeal.htm">Call to Spiritual Zeal</a> The message to the Laodicean church serves as a warning against spiritual complacency and a call to renewed zeal and commitment. <a href="/topical/u/unity_with_christ.htm">Unity with Christ</a> The promise highlights the intimate relationship between Christ and believers, emphasizing unity and shared purpose.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_revelation_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Revelation 3</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_lamb's_book_of_life.htm">What is the Lamb's Book of Life?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_pleading_my_cause_to_god.htm">What reward awaits those who overcome?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_book_of_life.htm">What is the Book of Life?</a> <a href="/q/what_reward_awaits_those_who_overcome.htm">What reward awaits those who overcome?</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>(21) To him that overcometh ... .--He will share Christ's throne as Christ shared His Father's throne. Here are two thrones mentioned. My throne, saith Christ: this is the condition of glorified saints who sit with Christ in His throne. "But My Father's (i.e., God's) throne is the power of divine majesty." Herein none may sit but God, and the God-man Jesus Christ. The promise of sharing the throne is the climax of an ascending series of glorious promises, which carry the thought from the Garden of Eden (<a href="/revelation/2-7.htm" title="He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit said to the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the middle of the paradise of God.">Revelation 2:7</a>) through the wilderness (<a href="/revelation/2-17.htm" title="He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit said to the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knows saving he that receives it.">Revelation 2:17</a>), the temple (<a href="/revelation/3-12.htm" title="Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God: and I will write on him my new name.">Revelation 3:12</a>), to the throne. The promise bears marked resemblance to the language of St. Paul to the Ephesians (<a href="/ephesians/2-6.htm" title="And has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:">Ephesians 2:6</a>). This crowning promise is made to the most unpleasing of the churches. But it is well that thus the despondency which often succeeds the sudden collapse of self-satisfied imaginations should be met by so bright a prospect. Though their religion has been proved an empty thing, there is a hope which may well drive away despair. "The highest place is within the reach of the lowest; the faintest spark of grace may be fanned into the mightiest flame of divine love."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 21. - To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. The climax of the promises made to the seven Churches (cf. <a href="/revelation/2-7.htm">Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 26-28</a>; <a href="/revelation/3-5.htm">Revelation 3:5, 12</a>). There are two points to be noticed in this promise: (1) the position promised to the conqueror, "in my throne;" (2) the two thrones mentioned. (1) Note the expression, "in my throne" (not ἐπὶ, but ἐν τῷ θρόνῳ), which occurs nowhere else. The mother of St. James and St. John had requested for them a place on the right hand and the left of our Lord - the highest dignity which she could conceive. The twelve apostles are promised to sit on twelve thrones, to judge the tribes of Israel. But Christ offers a yet higher honour, viz. to sit in his throne; placing us in the closest relationship with himself, and exalting us to his own glory. . . . <a href="/commentaries/revelation/3-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>To [the one] 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. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. who 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. is victorious, νικῶν (nikōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3528.htm">Strong's 3528: </a> To conquer, be victorious, overcome, prevail, subdue. From nike; to subdue. I will grant [the right] δώσω (dōsō) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1325.htm">Strong's 1325: </a> To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. to sit καθίσαι (kathisai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_2523.htm">Strong's 2523: </a> Another form for kathezomai; to seat down, i.e. Set; intransitively, to sit; figuratively, to settle. with μετ’ (met’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3326.htm">Strong's 3326: </a> (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. Me ἐμοῦ (emou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. on 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. My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. throne, θρόνῳ (thronō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2362.htm">Strong's 2362: </a> From thrao; a stately seat; by implication, power or a potentate. just as ὡς (hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. I κἀγὼ (kagō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2504.htm">Strong's 2504: </a> To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me. overcame ἐνίκησα (enikēsa) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3528.htm">Strong's 3528: </a> To conquer, be victorious, overcome, prevail, subdue. From nike; to subdue. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. sat down ἐκάθισα (ekathisa) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2523.htm">Strong's 2523: </a> Another form for kathezomai; to seat down, i.e. Set; intransitively, to sit; figuratively, to settle. with μετὰ (meta) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3326.htm">Strong's 3326: </a> (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Father Πατρός (Patros) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. on 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. 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. throne. θρόνῳ (thronō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2362.htm">Strong's 2362: </a> From thrao; a stately seat; by implication, power or a potentate. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/revelation/3-21.htm">Revelation 3:21 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/revelation/3-21.htm">Revelation 3:21 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/revelation/3-21.htm">Revelation 3:21 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/revelation/3-21.htm">Revelation 3:21 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/revelation/3-21.htm">Revelation 3:21 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/revelation/3-21.htm">Revelation 3:21 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/revelation/3-21.htm">Revelation 3:21 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/revelation/3-21.htm">Revelation 3:21 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/revelation/3-21.htm">Revelation 3:21 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/revelation/3-21.htm">Revelation 3:21 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/revelation/3-21.htm">NT Prophecy: Revelation 3:21 He who overcomes I will give (Rev. 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