Wahyu 3:4-5

3:4 But you have a few individuals ¹  in Sardis who have not stained ²  their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed ³  in white, because they are worthy. 3:5 The one who conquers ⁴  will be dressed like them ⁵  in white clothing, ⁶  and I will never ⁷  erase ⁸  his name from the book of life, but ⁹  will declare ¹⁰  his name before my Father and before his angels.

Wahyu 3:18

3:18 take my advice ¹¹  and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me ¹²  white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness ¹³  will not be exposed, and buy eye salve ¹⁴  to put on your eyes so you can see!

Wahyu 19:14

19:14 The ¹⁵  armies that are in heaven, dressed in white, clean, fine linen, ¹⁶  were following him on white horses.

[3:4]  ¹ tn Grk “a few names”; here ὄνομα (onoma) is used by figurative extension to mean “person” or “people”; according to L&N 9.19 there is “the possible implication of existence or relevance as individuals.”

[3:4]  ² tn Or “soiled” (so NAB, NRSV, NIV); NCV “have kept their clothes unstained”; CEV “have not dirtied your clothes with sin.”

[3:4]  ³ tn The word “dressed” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[3:5]  ⁴ tn Or “who overcomes.”

[3:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “thus.”

[3:5]  ⁶ tn Or “white robes.”

[3:5]  ⁷ tn The negation here is with οὐ μή (ou mh), the strongest possible form of negation in Koine Greek.

[3:5]  ⁸ tn Or “will never wipe out.”

[3:5]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[3:5]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “will confess.”

[3:18]  ¹¹ tn Grk “I counsel you to buy.”

[3:18]  ¹² tn Grk “rich, and.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation, repeating the words “Buy from me” to make the connection clear for the English reader.

[3:18]  ¹³ tn Grk “the shame of the nakedness of you,” which has been translated as an attributed genitive like καινότητι ζωῆς (kainothti zwh") in Rom 6:4 (ExSyn 89-90).

[3:18]  ¹⁴ sn The city of Laodicea had a famous medical school and exported a powder (called a “Phrygian powder”) that was widely used as an eye salve. It was applied to the eyes in the form of a paste the consistency of dough (the Greek term for the salve here, κολλούριον, kollourion [Latin collyrium], is a diminutive form of the word for a long roll of bread).

[19:14]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[19:14]  ¹⁶ tn On the term translated “fine linen,” BDAG 185 s.v. βύσσινος states, “made of fine linen, subst. τὸ β. fine linen, linen garment…Rv 18:12, 16; 19:8, 14.”