Revelation 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.

Revelation 7:9

7:9 After these things I looked, and here was ¹¹  an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, ¹²  people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.

Revelation 7:14

7:14 So ¹³  I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.” ¹⁴  Then ¹⁵  he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They ¹⁶  have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!

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.”

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

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

⁴ tn Or “who overcomes.”

⁵ tn Grk “thus.”

⁶ tn Or “white robes.”

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

⁸ tn Or “will never wipe out.”

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

¹⁰ tn Grk “will confess.”

¹¹ tn The phrase “and here was” expresses the sense of καὶ ἰδού (kai idou).

¹² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated before each of the following categories, since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the previous question.

¹⁴ tn Though the expression “the answer” is not in the Greek text, it is clearly implied. Direct objects in Greek were frequently omitted when clear from the context.

¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

¹⁶ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.