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Revelation 22:3

Nothing that God judges guilty will be there in that city. The throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. God's servants will worship him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Heaven;   Lamb of God;   Readings, Select;   Sin;   Throne;   Thompson Chain Reference - Future, the;   Heaven;   Heavenly;   Home;   Joys, Family;   Living Water;   No Mores, the Seven;   Seven;   Water;   Water of Life;   Wells;   The Topic Concordance - Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;   Giving and Gifts;   Government;   Light;   Name;   Seeing;   Servants;   Truth;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ, the King;   Titles and Names of Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apocalyptic literature;   Eschatology;   Evil;   Healing;   Heaven;   Lamb;   Paradise;   Revelation, book of;   Servant of the lord;   Temple;   Vision;   Worship;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Blessing;   Curse, Accursed;   Image of God;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Obedience;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Enoch;   Heaven;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Heavens, New;   Revelation, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Enoch Book of;   Fellowship (2);   God;   Mediator;   Minister Ministry;   New Jerusalem;   Pre-Eminence ;   Revelation, Book of;   Sheep, Shepherd;   Throne (2);   Type;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Lamb;   Revelation, the;   13 To Worship, Serve;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Immortal;   Revelation of John:;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for May 1;   Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for October 27;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and there will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will worship him.
King James Version (1611)
And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God, & of the Lambe shall bee in it, and his seruants shall serue him.
King James Version
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
New American Standard Bible
There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him;
New Century Version
Nothing that God judges guilty will be in that city. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and God's servants will worship him.
English Standard Version
No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him;
Berean Standard Bible
No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.
Contemporary English Version
God's curse will no longer be on the people of that city. He and the Lamb will be seated there on their thrones, and its people will worship God
Complete Jewish Bible
no longer will there be any curses. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will worship him;
Darby Translation
And no curse shall be any more; and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And there shalbe no more curse, but ye throne of God and of the Lambe shall be in it, and his seruants shall serue him.
George Lamsa Translation
And that which drops shall be no more: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
Good News Translation
Nothing that is under God's curse will be found in the city. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will worship him.
Lexham English Bible
And there will not be any curse any longer, and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his slaves will serve him,
Literal Translation
And every curse will no longer be. And the throne of God and the Lamb will be in it; and His slaves will serve Him.
Amplified Bible
There will no longer exist anything that is cursed [because sin and illness and death are gone]; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve and worship Him [with great awe and joy and loving devotion];
American Standard Version
And there shall be no curse any more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein: and his servants shall serve him;
Bible in Basic English
And there will be no more curse: and the high seat of God and of the Lamb will be there; and his servants will be worshipping him;
Hebrew Names Version
There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him.
International Standard Version
There will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and the lamb will be in the city.in it
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Etheridge Translation
And there shall be no more falling away; [fn] and the throne of Aloha and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall serve him.
Murdock Translation
And there will be no blight any more: and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in it; and his servants will minister to him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there shalbe no more curse, but the throne of God and the lambe shalbe in it: and his seruauntes shal serue hym.
English Revised Version
And there shall be no curse any more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein: and his servants shall do him service;
World English Bible
There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And there shall be no more curse; but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall worship him,
Weymouth's New Testament
"In future there will be no curse," he said, "but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in that city. And His servants will render Him holy service and will see His face,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And ech cursid thing schal no more be; but the seetis of God and of the lomb schulen be in it. And the seruauntis of hym schulen serue to hym.
Update Bible Version
And there shall be no curse anymore: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein: and his slaves shall serve him;
Webster's Bible Translation
And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
New English Translation
And there will no longer be any curse, and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him,
New King James Version
And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.
New Living Translation
No longer will there be a curse upon anything. For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants will worship him.
New Life Bible
There will be nothing in the city that is sinful. The place where God and the Lamb sit will be there. The servants He owns will serve Him.
New Revised Standard
Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, no curse, shall there be, any more; and, the throne of God and of the Lamb, shall be, therein, - and his servants will render divine service unto him,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there shall be no curse any more: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it. And his servants shall serve him.
Revised Standard Version
There shall no more be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall worship him;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And there shalbe no more cursse but the seate of god and the lambe shalbe in it: and his servauntes shall serve him:
Young's Literal Translation
and any curse there shall not be any more, and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there shalbe no more cursse, but the seate of God and ye labe shalbe in it: and his seruauntes shal serue him:
Mace New Testament (1729)
There shall be nothing obnoxious to a curse: but the throne of God and of the lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him.
Simplified Cowboy Version
No curse shall be found on anything. This is where the throne of God, the Lamb, and their cowboys are. The cowboys will worship them for all time there.

Contextual Overview

1 The angel showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal. The river flows from the throne of God and the Lamb. 2 It flows down the middle of the street of the city. The tree of life is on each side of the river, and it produces fruit every month, twelve times a year. The leaves of the tree are for healing the nations. 3 Nothing that God judges guilty will be there in that city. The throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. God's servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face. God's name will be written on their foreheads. 5 There will never be night again. People will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun. The Lord God will give them light. And they will rule like kings forever and ever.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

there: Revelation 21:4, Deuteronomy 27:26, Zechariah 14:11, Matthew 25:41, Genesis 3:10-13

but: Revelation 7:15-17, Revelation 21:22, Revelation 21:23, Psalms 16:11, Psalms 17:15, Isaiah 12:6, Ezekiel 48:35, Matthew 25:21, John 14:3, John 17:24

his: Revelation 7:15, John 12:26

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 2:21 - I have healed Isaiah 51:11 - and sorrow Ezekiel 43:7 - the place of my throne Ezekiel 48:8 - the sanctuary Zechariah 2:5 - the glory Malachi 4:6 - and smite Matthew 17:4 - it is Mark 9:5 - it is Luke 1:33 - he John 5:18 - God was John 13:32 - shall John 14:8 - show John 14:23 - make Romans 8:21 - into the glorious 2 Corinthians 5:8 - present Ephesians 3:19 - that ye 1 Thessalonians 4:17 - and so 2 Thessalonians 2:14 - to Hebrews 12:14 - no man Revelation 5:6 - a Lamb Revelation 7:10 - unto Revelation 22:11 - and he that

Cross-References

Genesis 17:23
Then Abraham gathered together Ishmael and all the slaves born in his house. He also gathered all the slaves he had bought. Every man and boy in Abraham's house was gathered together, and they were all circumcised. Abraham circumcised them that day, just as God had told him to do.
Genesis 21:14
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and water and gave them to Hagar. She carried them and left with her boy. She left that place and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.
Genesis 22:3
In the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took Isaac and two servants with him. He cut the wood for the sacrifice. Then they went to the place where God told them to go.
Genesis 22:4
After they traveled three days, Abraham looked up, and in the distance he saw the place where they were going.
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you and give you as many descendants as the stars in the sky. There will be as many people as sand on the seashore. And your people will live in cities that they will take from their enemies.
Genesis 22:19
Then Abraham went back to his servants. They all traveled back to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.
Psalms 119:60
Without wasting any time, I hurried back to obey your commands.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Every time you find work to do, do it the best you can. In the grave there is no work. There is no thinking, no knowledge, and there is no wisdom. And we are all going to the place of death.
Matthew 10:37
"Those who love their father or mother more than they love me are not worthy of me. And those who love their son or daughter more than they love me are not worthy of me.
Luke 14:26
"If you come to me but will not leave your family, you cannot be my follower. You must love me more than your father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters—even more than your own life!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there shall be no more curse,.... As there was in Eden, from whence a river came, and where was a tree of life; for there the serpent cursed for his concern in man's transgression, and the earth on account of it; but in this new earth, and paradisiacal state, and on the inhabitants of it, will be no curse; here will be no sin, the cause of the curse, nor pain and sorrow, nor death, corporeal, spiritual, and eternal, or the wrath of God, the several effects of sin, and parts of the curse; the curse of the law cannot here take place; for, besides the righteousness of Christ, which all in the new Jerusalem will be clothed with, and so be blessed and secure from the curse, they will be perfectly pure and holy in nature, and constant and complete in their obedience and service; they will always do the will of God on earth, as it is done in heaven; no accursed person, or anyone devoted to ruin and destruction, will be here; not the old serpent, the devil, he will be shut up in the bottomless pit; nor the blasphemous beast and false prophet, they will be taken and cast alive into the lake of fire before this time comes; no cursing, or accursed men will dwell here; not such who curse themselves, or the saints, or such who will be bid to depart as cursed, these will be destroyed in the general conflagration; nor will there be any anathema denounced against any person, for here wilt be no introducers of another Gospel, nor any that do not love the Lord Jesus Christ; nor will any be an anathema, or accursed from Christ, excommunicated from the church of Christ, for that will have no members deserving of that; none but what are pure and undefiled; see Zechariah 14:11

but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; God himself will be there, his tabernacle will be among men; the name of this city will be "Jehovah Shammah", the Lord is here; the pure and spotless Lamb of God, the Son of the Blessed, will be here, whose presence will make it an happy state; these will both have their throne, or seat, here; they will sit on one throne, being the one God over all, blessed for ever; this city will be the city of the great King, where his royal glory and majesty will be most illustriously displayed, and which will greatly make for the felicity of this state, and secure it from the curse:

and his servants shall serve him: either the angels, who are ministering spirits, and the servants of God and of the Lamb; or the ministers of the Gospel, the servants of the most high God; or rather all the true followers of Christ, who shall be where he is, and "serve him": both God and the Lamb, who are one in nature, though two distinct persons; wherefore serving them both is not serving two masters: and the service the saints will be employed in, in this state, will not be preaching the word, or attending on the ministry of it, or subjecting to ordinances, which will now be at an end, but celebrating the praises of God, adoring the perfections of his nature, ascribing the glory of every providence, and of all salvation to him, and magnifying the riches of his grace; and this they will perform in the most spiritual, fervent, and perfect manner, and that continually; see Revelation 7:15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And there shall be no more curse - This is doubtless designed to be in strong contrast with our present abode; and it is affirmed that what now properly comes under the name of a curse, or whatever is part of the curse pronounced on man by the fall, will be there unknown. The earth will be no more cursed, and will produce no more thorns and thistles; man will be no more compelled to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow; woman will be no more doomed to bear the sufferings which she does now; and the abodes of the blessed will be no more cursed by sickness, sorrow, tears, and death.

But the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it - God will reign there forever; the principles of purity and love which the Lamb of God came to establish, will pervade that blessed abode to all eternity.

And his servants shall serve him - All his servants that are there; that is, all the inhabitants of that blessed world. For the meaning of this passage, see the notes on Revelation 7:15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 22:3. No more curse — Instead of καταναθεμα, curse, the best MSS., versions, c., read καταθεμα cursed person. As there shall be no more sinning against God, so there shall be no more curse of God upon the people for they shall be all his servants, and serve him. Our first parents came under the curse by sinning against their Maker in paradise; these shall never apostatize, therefore neither they nor the earth shall be cursed.


 
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