Revelation 2:16

2:16 Therefore, ¹  repent! If not, I will come against you quickly and make war against those people ²  with the sword of my mouth.

Revelation 2:22

2:22 Look! I am throwing her onto a bed of violent illness, ³  and those who commit adultery with her into terrible suffering, ⁴  unless they repent of her deeds.

Revelation 3:4

3:4 But you have a few individuals ⁵  in Sardis who have not stained ⁶  their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed ⁷  in white, because they are worthy.

Revelation 21:15

21:15 The angel ⁸  who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall.

¹ tc The “therefore” (οὖν, oun) is not found in א 2053 2329 2351 Ï^A or the Latin mss. It is, however, included in impressive witnesses such as {A C 046 1006 1611 sy^p,h co}. Though the conjunction looks at first glance like a scribal clarification, its omission may be explained on the basis of its similarity to the last three letters of the verb “repent” (μετανόησον, metanohson; since οὖν is a postpositive conjunction in Greek, the final three letters of the verb [-σον, -son] would have been immediately followed by ουν). A scribe could have simply passed over the conjunction in his copy when he saw the last three letters of the imperative verb. A decision is difficult, however, because of the motivation to add to the text and the quality of witnesses that lack the conjunction.

² tn Grk “with them”; the referent (those people who follow the teaching of Balaam and the Nicolaitans) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Grk “onto a bed,” in this context an idiom for severe illness (L&N 23.152).

⁴ tn Or “into great distress.” The suffering here is not specified as physical or emotional, and could involve persecution.

⁵ 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.”

⁶ tn Or “soiled” (so NAB, NRSV, NIV); NCV “have kept their clothes unstained”; CEV “have not dirtied your clothes with sin.”

⁷ tn The word “dressed” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

⁷ tn Grk “the one”; the referent (the angel of v. 9) has been specified in the translation for clarity.