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Rev. 3:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in whiteh: for they are worthy.

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Rev. 7:9• ⁹After these things I saw, and lo, a great crowd, which no one could number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands. (Rev. 7:9)

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Rev. 19:8• ⁸And it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright and pure; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints. (Rev. 19:8)

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names.

Rev. 11:13• ¹³And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth of the city fell, and seven thousand names of men were slain in the earthquake. And the remnant were filled with fear, and gave glory to the God of the heaven. (Rev. 11:13)

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Rev. 11• (Rev. 11)

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Acts 1:15• ¹⁵And in those days Peter, standing up in the midst of the brethren, said, (the crowd of names who were together was about a hundred and twenty,) (Acts 1:15)

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1 Kings 19:18• ¹⁸Yet I have left myself seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him. (1 Kings 19:18)

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Isa. 1:9• ⁹Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small residue, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah. (Isa. 1:9)

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Rom. 11:4‑6• ⁴But what says the divine answer to him? I have left to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed knee to Baal.
⁵Thus, then, in the present time also there has been a remnant according to election of grace.
⁶But if by grace, no longer of works: since otherwise grace is no more grace. (Rom. 11:4‑6)

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Rev. 7:14• ¹⁴And I said to him, My lord, *thou* knowest. And he said to me, These are they who come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (Rev. 7:14)

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Rev. 19:8• ⁸And it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright and pure; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints. (Rev. 19:8)

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Isa. 52:1• ¹Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. (Isa. 52:1)

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Isa. 59:6• ⁶Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. (Isa. 59:6)

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Isa. 61:3,10• ³to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that beauty should be given unto them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness: that they might be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
¹⁰I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with the priestly turban, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. (Isa. 61:3,10)

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Isa. 64:6• ⁶And we are all become as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have carried us away; (Isa. 64:6)

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Zech. 3:3‑6• ³And Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the Angel.
⁴And he spoke and said unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from off him. And unto him he said, See, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I clothe thee with festival-robes.
⁵And I said, Let them set a pure turban upon his head. And they set the pure turban upon his head, and clothed him with garments; and the Angel of Jehovah stood by.
⁶And the Angel of Jehovah protested unto Joshua, saying, (Zech. 3:3‑6)

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Jude 23• ²³but others save with fear, snatching them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. (Jude 23)

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Rev. 3:5,18• ⁵He that overcomes, *he* shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot his name out of the book of life, and will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
¹⁸I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not be made manifest; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see. (Rev. 3:5,18)

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Rev. 4:4• ⁴And round the throne twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones twenty-four elders sitting, clothed with white garments; and on their heads golden crowns. (Rev. 4:4)

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Rev. 6:11• ¹¹And there was given to them, to each one a white robe; and it was said to them that they should rest yet a little while, until both their fellow-bondmen and their brethren, who were about to be killed as they, should be fulfilled. (Rev. 6:11)

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Rev. 7:9,13• ⁹After these things I saw, and lo, a great crowd, which no one could number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands.
¹³And one of the elders answered, saying to me, These who are clothed with white robes, who are they, and whence came they? (Rev. 7:9,13)

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Rev. 19:14• ¹⁴And the armies which are in the heaven followed him upon white horses, clad in white, pure, fine linen. (Rev. 19:14)

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Esther 8:15• ¹⁵And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a mantle of byssus and purple; and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad. (Esther 8:15)

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Psa. 68:14• ¹⁴When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it became snow-white as Zalmon. (Psa. 68:14)

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Eccl. 9:8• ⁸Let thy garments be always white, and let not thy head lack oil. (Eccl. 9:8)

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Zech. 3:4• ⁴And he spoke and said unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from off him. And unto him he said, See, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I clothe thee with festival-robes. (Zech. 3:4)

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Mark 16:5• ⁵And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right, clothed in a white robe, and they were amazed and alarmed; (Mark 16:5)

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Matt. 10:11• ¹¹But into whatsoever city or village ye enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there remain till ye go forth. (Matt. 10:11)

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Luke 20:35• ³⁵but they who are counted worthy to have part in that world, and the resurrection from among the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; (Luke 20:35)

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Luke 21:36• ³⁶Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. (Luke 21:36)

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2 Thess. 1:5• ⁵a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that ye should be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for the sake of which ye also suffer; (2 Thess. 1:5)

• Remark that the Lord's coming is spoken of just in the way it was threatened on the world. (See 1 Thess. 5) "If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief" (verse 3). He would come upon them when they were not aware — suddenly and unwelcome. Had they not got into the world? Let them then beware of the portion of the world. (“Lectures on Revelation 3:1-6: Sardis” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But thou hast a few names in Sardis which have not defiled their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy.

W. Kelly Translation

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Buta thou hast a few names in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

WK Translation Notes

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"But" should surely open verse 4, on excellent ground.