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Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
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Commentators highlight a key difference in ancient manuscripts. Some read "blessed are they that wash their robes," pointing to salvation through Christ's cleansing blood. Others read "blessed are they that do his commandments." Scholars explain these are not contradictory but show that true salvation in Christ (washing robes) naturally results in a life of obedience (doing commandments).
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Blessed are they that do his commandments (see the notes on Revelation 1:3 and Revelation 22:7).
That they may have right.…
Blessed (μακαριο). This is the last beatitude of the book and "deals with the issues of the higher life" (Swete).
T…
19th Century
Anglican
Blessed are they that do his commandments . . .—The reading of two of the best manuscripts is, “Blessed are they that…
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Baptist
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to…
The seventh and last beatitude in Revelation is evangelistic in emphasis (cf. 21:6; 22:11, 17). Strands of the earlier imagery are blended in it. I…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Blessed are they that do his commandments
Either the commandments of God, (Revelation 12:17
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