Revelation 4:11
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Study Note
Study Note
The heavenly throne-room doxology — 'you are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power' — is sung by the twenty-four elders in response to the living creatures' unceasing praise of God's holiness. The grounds given are explicitly creational: God is worthy because 'you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.' The title 'Lord and God' (kyrios kai theos) deliberately echoes the title Domitian claimed for himself ('dominus et deus'), making this liturgy a political counter-claim in a context of emperor worship. The verse anchors Christian worship in the sovereignty of the Creator over all creation, including Roman imperial pretension.
Other Translations
Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.
`Worthy art Thou, O Lord, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power, because Thou--Thou didst create the all things, and because of Thy will are they, and they were created.'
It is right, our Lord and our God, for you to have glory and honour and power: because by you were all things made, and by your desire they came into being.
Cross References
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