Charles Spurgeon Commentary Revelation 14:4

"These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These [are] they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, [to be] the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb." — Revelation 14:4 (ASV)

These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins.

This is the Scriptural metaphor for those who have not turned aside to idol gods, or to false opinions, or to unholy practices. You remember how Paul longed to present the Corinthian Christians as a chaste virgin to Christ; he desired that Christ might have all their love. These servants of God are of this sort, wholly the Lord's.

These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.

These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

Let no man deny, then, that there is a special and particular redemption of God's people. Not all people are redeemed as these were redeemed; otherwise, the expression These were redeemed from among men would be untruthful or without meaning. There is an elect company for whom Christ especially laid down his life; they are his, and they are made to know that they are his, and to take the position of a blood-bought people who belong not to themselves, but to him who has bought them with his blood. These are the hundred and forty and four thousand who stand on Mount Zion with the Lamb in their midst.

These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins.

They were pure and chaste in the sight of God.

These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.

His choice attendants, his body-guard.