Revelation 3:5

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

Literal

The one overcoming thus will be clothed in white garments. And I will never blot out his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

Latin

Qui vicerit, sic vestietur vestimentis albis, et non delebo nomen ejus de libro vitæ, et confitebor nomen ejus coram Patre meo, et coram angelis ejus.

Original

Greek

English

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.

Notes

Revelation 3:5

Having one's name in the Book of Life (see Revelation 20:12–15; Daniel 7:10) means assurance of God's acceptance and eternal life (see Revelation 17:8; 20:12; Philippians 4:3; see also Luke 10:20). If God erases a name, it implies condemnation and eternal death (see Exodus 32:32–33; Psalm 69:28).

Revelation 3:1–6

The letter to the church in Sardis warns Christians who seem spiritually alive but are actually dead. Without true change, they will face God's judgment.

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 Letters to the Seven Churches Security and Obedience Visions

Related verses

Matthew 10:32
Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
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.
Luke 12:8
I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
Revelation 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.
Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
Revelation 17:8
The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.
Psalm 69:28
May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
Revelation 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.
Revelation 13:8
And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
Philippians 4:3
Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have contended at my side for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
Revelation 22:19
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.
Revelation 19:8
She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.

Glossary

Ancient Letter Writing Book of Life Book of Revelation Confession Sardis White

Topics

Book of Life Colors: Scriptures Employing the Symbol Decision: General Scriptures Concerning Genealogies: Illustrative of the Record of Saints in the Book of Life God: Fatherhood of Lamb's Book of Life Leading Children Astray Overcomers Perseverance: General Scriptures Concerning The Judgment: Christ Will Acknowledge Saints At The Roman Empire: Allusions to Military Affairs of Expunging from the Muster Roll Name of Soldiers Guilty of War: Be Clothed in White Clothing War: Be Confessed by Christ in the Presence of God the Father War: Not Have Their Names Blotted out of the Book of Life Warfare of Saints: They Who Overcome In, Shall: Be Clothed in White Raiment Warfare of Saints: They Who Overcome In, Shall: Be Confessed by Christ Before God the Father Warfare of Saints: They Who Overcome In, Shall: Not Have Their Names Blotted out of the Book of Life

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