Parallel Verses English Standard Version Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. King James Bible 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. American Standard Version But thou hast a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments: and they shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy. Douay-Rheims Bible But thou hast a few names in Sardis, which have not defiled their garments: and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy. English Revised Version But thou hast a few names in Sardis which did not defile their garments: and they shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Weymouth New Testament Yet you have in Sardis a few who have not soiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white; for they are worthy. Revelation 3:4 Parallel Commentary Vincent's Word StudiesThou hast a few names The best texts insert ἀλλὰ but between these words and the close of the preceding verse. So Rev. But, notwithstanding the general apathy of the Church, thou hast a few, etc. Compare Revelation 3:1, thou hast a name, and see on Revelation 11:13. Names is equivalent to persons, a few who may be rightly named as exceptions to the general conception. Even in Sardis Omit καὶ even. Defiled (ἐμόλυναν) See on 1 Peter 1:4. Garments See the same figure, Jde 1:23. The meaning is, have not sullied the purity of their Christian life. In white (ἐν λευκοῖς) With ἱματίοις garments understood. See on Revelation 2:17, and compare Zechariah 3:3, Zechariah 3:5. "White colors are suitable to the gods" (Plato, "Laws," xii., 956). So Virgil, of the tenants of Elysium: "Lo, priests of holy life and chaste while they in life had part; Lo, god-loved poets, men who spake things worthy Phoebus' heart: And they who bettered life on earth by new-found mastery; And they whose good deeds left a tale for men to name them by: continued... Treasury of Scripture Knowledge names. *Gr: Acts 1:15 And in those days Peter stood up in the middle of the disciples, and said... even. which. Zechariah 3:3-6 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel... walk. Psalm 68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon. Ecclesiastes 9:8 Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment. for. Cross References Ecclesiastes 9:8 Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head. Jude 1:23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh. Revelation 1:11 saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea." Revelation 3:5 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. Revelation 3:18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Revelation 4:4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads. Revelation 6:11 Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been. Jump to Previous Clean Clothes Defile Defiled Dressed Few Garments Kept Names Nevertheless Reward Robes Sardis Walk White WorthyJump to Next Clean Clothes Defile Defiled Dressed Few Garments Kept Names Nevertheless Reward Robes Sardis Walk White WorthyLinks Revelation 3:4 NIVRevelation 3:4 NLT Revelation 3:4 ESV Revelation 3:4 NASB Revelation 3:4 KJV Revelation 3:4 Bible Apps Revelation 3:4 Biblia Paralela Revelation 3:4 Chinese Bible Revelation 3:4 French Bible Revelation 3:4 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |