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 4:4

4:4 In ¹¹  a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were ¹²  dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns ¹³  on their heads.

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.”

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁸ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the words “They were” to indicate the connection to the preceding material.

⁹ sn See the note on the word crown in Rev 3:11.