Revelation 3:5

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

Revelation 13:8

13:8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed. 10 

Exodus 32:33

32:33 The Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me – that person I will wipe out of my book.

Psalms 69:28

69:28 May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! 11 

Do not let their names be listed with the godly! 12 


tn Or “who overcomes.”

tn Grk “thus.”

tn Or “white robes.”

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

tn Or “will never wipe out.”

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

tn Grk “will confess.”

tn Grk “it”; the referent (the beast) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn The prepositional phrase “since the foundation of the world” is traditionally translated as a modifier of the immediately preceding phrase in the Greek text, “the Lamb who was killed” (so also G. B. Caird, Revelation [HNTC], 168), but it is more likely that the phrase “since the foundation of the world” modifies the verb “written” (as translated above). Confirmation of this can be found in Rev 17:8 where the phrase “written in the book of life since the foundation of the world” occurs with no ambiguity.

10 tn Or “slaughtered”; traditionally, “slain.”

11 tn Heb “let them be wiped out of the scroll of the living.”

12 tn Heb “and with the godly let them not be written.”