Revelation 21:7

I will give these things to him who overcomes; I will be his God, and he will be my son.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

In Context

6He also said to me, “ I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To him who thirsts I will freely give from the spring of the water of life.

8But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the sinful, the detestable, the murderers, the fornicators, the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their portion is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

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Cross References

Matthew 19:29And everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for my name's sake, will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.

Mark 10:17As he was setting out on the road, a man ran up, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

1 Corinthians 3:21So then, let no one boast in men. For everything belongs to you,

Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 21:2-9

The New Jerusalem. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away… Read the whole commentary →

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