Revelation 22:14
12 “Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.
13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
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.
15 But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
- WEB
- Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
- ASV
- Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right [to come] to the tree of life, and my enter in by the gates into the city.
- DARBY
- Blessed [are] they that wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life, and that they should go in by the gates into the city.
- BLB
- Blessed [are] those washing their robes, that their authority will be over the tree of life, and by the gates they might enter into the city.
- ÅB
- Salige er de som vasker sine kjortler, så de må få rett til livsens tre og gjennom portene komme inn i staden.
- OTB
- Salige er de som vasker sine kapper, så de kan ha rett til livets tre og gå inn i byen gjennom portene.
- B1930
- Salige er de som tvetter sine kjortler, så de må få rett til livsens tre og gjennem portene komme inn i staden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 21:27
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.
Read in context1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
Read in context1 John 3:23–24
And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.
Read in contextRevelation 22:7
“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”
Read in context1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
Read in contextRevelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
Read in contextJohn 14:15
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.
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