Revelation 3:5
Context3:5 The one who conquers 1 will be dressed like them 2 in white clothing, 3 and I will never 4 erase 5 his name from the book of life, but 6 will declare 7 his name before my Father and before his angels.
Revelation 13:8
Context13:8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, 8 everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world 9 in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed. 10
Exodus 32:33
Context32:33 The Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me – that person I will wipe out of my book.
Psalms 69:28
Context69:28 May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! 11
Do not let their names be listed with the godly! 12
[3:5] 1 tn Or “who overcomes.”
[3:5] 4 tn The negation here is with οὐ μή (ou mh), the strongest possible form of negation in Koine Greek.
[3:5] 5 tn Or “will never wipe out.”
[3:5] 6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
[3:5] 7 tn Grk “will confess.”
[13:8] 8 tn Grk “it”; the referent (the beast) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[13:8] 9 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.
[13:8] 10 tn Or “slaughtered”; traditionally, “slain.”
[69:28] 11 tn Heb “let them be wiped out of the scroll of the living.”
[69:28] 12 tn Heb “and with the godly let them not be written.”