Revelation 2:11

2:11 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers ¹  will in no way be harmed by the second death.’

Revelation 2:26

2:26 And to the one who conquers ²  and who continues in ³  my deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations ⁴  –

Revelation 3:5

3:5 The one who conquers ⁵  will be dressed like them ⁶  in white clothing, ⁷  and I will never ⁸  erase ⁹  his name from the book of life, but ¹⁰  will declare ¹¹  his name before my Father and before his angels.

Revelation 3:21

3:21 I will grant the one ¹²  who conquers ¹³  permission ¹⁴  to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered ¹⁵  and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Revelation 6:2

6:2 So ¹⁶  I looked, ¹⁷  and here came ¹⁸  a white horse! The ¹⁹  one who rode it ²⁰  had a bow, and he was given a crown, ²¹  and as a conqueror ²²  he rode out to conquer.

Revelation 3:12

3:12 The one who conquers ²³  I will make ²⁴  a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never depart from it. I ²⁵  will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from my God), ²⁶  and my new name as well.

¹ tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”

² tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”

³ tn Grk “keeps.” In a context that speaks of “holding on to what you have,” the idea here is one of continued faithful behavior (BDAG 1002 s.v. τηρέω 3 has “ὁ τηρῶν τὰ ἔργα μου the one who takes my deeds to heart Rv 2:26”).

⁴ tn Or “over the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

³ tn Or “who overcomes.”

⁴ tn Grk “thus.”

⁵ tn Or “white robes.”

⁶ tn The negation here is with οὐ μή (ou mh), the strongest possible form of negation in Koine Greek.

⁷ tn Or “will never wipe out.”

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

⁹ tn Grk “will confess.”

⁴ tn Grk “The one who conquers, to him I will grant.”

⁵ tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”

⁶ tn Grk “I will give [grant] to him.”

⁷ tn Or “have been victorious”; traditionally, “have overcome.”

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of hearing the voice summon the first rider.

⁶ tc The reading “and I looked” (καὶ εἶδον, kai eidon) or some slight variation (e.g., ἶδον, idon) has excellent ms support ({א A C P 1611}) and its omission seems to come through the mss that have already placed “and look” (καὶ ἴδε or καὶ βλέπε [kai ide or kai blepe]) after the verb “come” (ἔρχου, ercou) as mentioned in the text-critical note on 6:1. Thus, for these copyists it was redundant to add “and I looked” again.

⁷ tn The phrase “and here came” expresses the sense of καὶ ἰδού (kai idou).

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁹ tn Grk “the one sitting on it.”

¹⁰ sn See the note on the word crown in Rev 3:11.

¹¹ tn The participle νικῶν (nikwn) has been translated as substantival, the subject of the verb ἐξῆλθεν (exhlqen). Otherwise, as an adverbial participle of manner, it is somewhat redundant: “he rode out conquering and to conquer.”

⁶ tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”

⁷ tn Grk “I will make him,” but the pronoun (αὐτόν, auton, “him”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated here.

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁹ sn This description of the city of my God is parenthetical, explaining further the previous phrase and interrupting the list of “new names” given here.