Revelation 3:5
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.
Study Note
Study Note
The promise to the overcomer in Sardis has three components: white garments (purity and resurrection life), a name not blotted from the book of life, and Christ's personal acknowledgment before the Father and his angels. White clothing in Revelation consistently denotes the righteousness of the saints and their participation in eschatological victory (3:4; 6:11; 7:9). The 'book of life' (biblion tes zoes) echoes Exodus 32:32-33 and Psalm 69:28, where names being 'blotted out' denotes covenant exclusion. Jesus' promise to 'confess their name before my Father' directly inverts his warning in Matthew 10:32-33, where denying him leads to his denying them before the Father.
Other Translations
He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
He who is overcoming--this one--shall be arrayed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the scroll of the life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before His messengers.
He who overcomes will be dressed in white, and I will not take his name from the book of life, and I will give witness to his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Cross References
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will …
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me …
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life …
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into …
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen …
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was …
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a …
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away …
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.