4Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
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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.
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Here is, I. The preface, showing, 1. To whom this letter is directed: To the angel of the church of Sardis , an ancient city of Lydia, on the banks of the mountain Tmolus, said to have been the chief city of Asia the Less, and the first city in that part of the world that was converted by the preaching of John; and, some say, the first that revolted from Christianity, and one of the first that was…
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