Revelation 21:8
6 And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
9 Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
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- BSB
- But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
- KJV
- But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
- WEB
- But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
- ASV
- But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [shall be] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
- DARBY
- But to the fearful and unbelieving, [and sinners], and those who make themselves abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [is] in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
- BLB
- But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part [is] in the lake burning with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
- ÅB
- Men de redde og vantro og avskyelige og manndraperne og horkarlene og trollmennene og avgudsdyrkerne og alle løgnerne, deres del skal være i sjøen som brenner med ild og svovel; det er den annen død.
- OTB
- Men de feige, de vantro, de avskyelige, mordere, de som driver hor, trollmenn, avgudsdyrkere, og alle løgnere, deres plass vil være i sjøen som brenner med ild og svovel. Dette er den andre død."
- B1930
- Men de redde og vantro og vederstyggelige og manndraperne og horkarlene og trollmennene og avgudsdyrkerne og alle løgnerne, deres del skal være i sjøen som brenner med ild og svovel; det er den annen død.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 6:9–10
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
Read in contextRevelation 2:11
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
Read in contextEphesians 5:5–6
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Read in contextRevelation 22:15
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
Read in contextRevelation 20:14–15
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
Read in contextGalatians 5:19–21
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
Read in context1 John 3:15
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
Read in contextJohn 12:42–43
Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.
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