Revelation 21:27
What is written? (ESV)
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
What does it say?
Nothing unclean will ever enter it nor anyone that is unholy or false, but only those that are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
What is its immediate context?
The book of Revelation is what John saw and was told to write down (1:1-2). Using “in the Spirit” as a structural marker, the book can be sectioned into four visions in particular:
- Vision One (1:9-3:22) – Jesus speaking to the seven churches
- Vision Two (4:1-16:21) – Seven seals, seven trumpets, seven bowls of wrath; “one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls” introduces the last two (and therefore possibly connected):
- Vision Three (17:1-21:8) – Babylon the Harlot
- Vision Four (21:9-22:5) – Jerusalem the Bride
How Revelation 21:27 is applied across Bible answers
Top 5: Images of the church?
This "holy city"2 will only be comprised of citizens who have remained holy and are written in the "Lamb's book of life".
