# Revelation 22.14

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**Book:** [Revelation](/codex/revelation/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 12. <span class="rl-speech">Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.</span>
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> **14. <span class="rl-speech">Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.</span>**
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> 15. <span class="rl-speech">Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.</span> (Revelation 22:12-16, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 12. <span class="rl-speech">“Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.</span>
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> **14. <span class="rl-speech">Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.</span>**
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> 15. <span class="rl-speech">Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star.”</span> (Revelation 22:12-16, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 12. <span class="rl-speech">And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.</span>
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> **14. <span class="rl-speech">Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.</span>**
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> 15. <span class="rl-speech">For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.</span> (Revelation 22:12-16, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 12. <span class="rl-speech">And lo, I come quickly, and my reward [is] with me, to render to each as his work shall be;</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and End, the First and the Last.</span>
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> **14. <span class="rl-speech">'Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city;</span>**
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> 15. <span class="rl-speech">and without [are] the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the whoremongers, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one who is loving and is doing a lie.</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">'I, Jesus did send my messenger to testify to you these things concerning the assemblies; I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star!</span> (Revelation 22:12-16, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [God Showed No Love in Eden Objection Defeater](/codex/god-showed-no-love-in-eden-objection-defeater/)

**Concepts:**

- [God Showed No Love in Eden Objection](/codex/god-showed-no-love-in-eden-objection/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Revelation 22](/codex/revelation-22/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.