Revelation 3:12

Translations

Modern

The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.

Traditional

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

Literal

The one overcoming, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall not go out anymore. And I will write upon him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from My God, and My new name.

Latin

Qui vicerit, faciam illum columnam in templo Dei mei, et foras non egredietur amplius: et scribam super eum nomen Dei mei, et nomen civitatis Dei mei novæ Jerusalem, quæ descendit de cælo a Deo meo, et nomen meum novum.

Original

Greek

English

The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.

Notes

Revelation 3:12

Victorious Christians are secure in God's household, like pillars, and they will never have to leave it.
The name of God inscribed on them shows God's ownership and the security Christians enjoy (see Revelation 7:4; 14:1).
The new Jerusalem is not built by humans. Instead, it is God's gift from heaven (Revelation 21:2–10).
A new name was a sign of God's blessing (see also Revelation 2:17). Abram, Jacob, Simon, and others received new names (Genesis 17:5; 32:28; John 1:42).

Revelation 3:7–13

The letter to the church in Philadelphia encourages Christians who feel weak and powerless to understand that their true strength is in Christ. This comforting message includes no words of disapproval. The kingdom of God relies not on human strength or wisdom but on God's power and authority.

Revelation 2:1–3:22

The seven messages to the seven churches show the condition of Christ's church when Revelation was written, and it is similar today. God still calls Christians to be faithful and honest. Those who listen to Christ's message will receive God's promised rewards. Those who do not will face judgment.

Theme notes and profiles

Apostasy and Renewal God’s Judgment of His People Jerusalem Letters to the Seven Churches Security and Obedience The Church as God’s Temple The New Community Visions Zion

Related verses

Revelation 22:4
They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
Revelation 21:2
I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 14:1
Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
Galatians 2:9
And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
Revelation 2:17
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
Jeremiah 1:18
Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
Hebrews 12:22
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
Psalm 48:8
As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
1 John 4:4
You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
1 Kings 7:21
Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.
Galatians 4:26–27
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
Ephesians 3:15
…from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Ancient Letter Writing Book of Revelation New New Jerusalem Philadelphia Temple

Topics

Church: Triumphant Decision: General Scriptures Concerning God: Love of Jerusalem of the Church Glorified Jesus, the Christ: Relation of, to the Father Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning Philadelphia: One of the Seven Congregations In Pillar: Figurative Pillars: Saints Who Overcome in Christ Temple of the Ekklesia (Body of Christ) The New Jerusalem Titles and Names of Saints: Pillars in the Temple of God War: Be Pillars in the Temple of God War: Have the Name of God Written Upon Them by Christ Warfare of Saints: They Who Overcome In, Shall: Be Pillars in the Temple of God Warfare of Saints: They Who Overcome In, Shall: Have the Name of God Written Upon Them by Christ

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