Revelation 21:27
25 Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.
26 And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations.
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- KJV
- And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
- WEB
- There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
- ASV
- and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb`s book of life.
- DARBY
- And nothing common, nor that maketh an abomination and a lie, shall at all enter into it; but those only who [are] written in the book of life of the Lamb.
- BLB
- And anything defiling, and those practicing abomination and a lie, never shall enter into it, only those written in the Lamb’s book of life.
- ÅB
- Og intet urent skal komme inn i den, og ingen som farer med stygghet og løgn, men bare de som er innskrevet i livsens bok hos Lammet.
- OTB
- Ingenting urent skal noen gang komme inn i den, heller ikke noen som gjør det som er skammelig eller bedragersk, men bare de som har sine navn skrevet i Lammets livets bok.
- B1930
- Og intet urent skal komme inn i den, og ingen som farer med stygghet og løgn, men bare de som er innskrevet i livsens bok hos Lammet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 52:1
Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
Read in contextRevelation 22:14–15
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
Read in contextRevelation 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.
Read in contextRevelation 20:15
And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Read in contextIsaiah 35:8
And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
Read in contextMatthew 13:41
The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
Read in contextJoel 3:17
Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
Read in contextEzekiel 44:9
This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.
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