14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
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.
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-17)Here we have a description of the honour and happiness of those who have faithfully served the Lord Jesus Christ, and suffered for him. Observe, I. A question asked by one of the elders, not for his own information, but for John’s instruction: ministers may learn from the people, especially from aged and experienced Christians; the lowest saint in heaven knows more than the greatest apostle in the…
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