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Cowardice, Not Timidity
Commentators unanimously clarify that the 'fearful' are not those with anxious personalities, but those whose cowardice leads them to abandon or refuse to profess their faith under pressure. This is a failure of loyalty and courage, not a struggle with anxiety. As Charles Spurgeon puts it, the verse condemns the 'cowardly,' not the many sincere believers who are sometimes full of fear.
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Albert Barnes
On Revelation 21:8
18th Century
Theologian
But the fearful. Having stated, in general terms, who would be admitted into that blessed world, he now states explicitly who would no…
AT Robertson
On Revelation 21:8
Their part shall be (το μερος αυτων). In contrast to the state of the blessed (verses 3-7) the state of "those who have disfranchi…
Charles Ellicott
On Revelation 21:8
19th Century
Bishop
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable . . .—Better, But for the cowardly and unfaithful (or, …
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Charles Spurgeon
On Revelation 21:8
19th Century
Preacher
But the fearful, –
No, that is not the right word; it is the cowardly, for there are many who are full of fear who are nevertheless…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Revelation 21:8
Using the same word that declared the judgment of the world finished, God proclaims that he has completed his new creation: “It is done” (cf. 16:17…
John Gill
On Revelation 21:8
17th Century
Pastor
But the fearful
Not the timorous sheep and lambs of Christ, the dear children of God, who are sometimes of a fearful…
Matthew Henry
On Revelation 21:1–8
17th Century
Minister
The new heaven and the new earth will not be separate from each other; the earth of the saints, their glorified bodies, will be heavenly. The old w…