- Revelation 22:19
- Revelation 22:19
- (KJV)
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of
this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of
life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written
in this book.
- (1611 KJV)
And if any man shall take away from the wordes of the
booke of this prophesie, God shal take away his part out of the booke
of life, and out of the holy citie, and from the things which are written in
this booke.
- (1587 Geneva Bible)
And if any man shall diminish of the wordes of
the booke of this prophecie, God shall take away his part out of the
Booke of life, and out of the holie citie, and from those things
which are written in this booke.
- (1526 Tyndale)
And yf eny man shall mynyshe of the wordes of ye boke
of this prophesy god shall take a waye his parte out of the boke
of lyfe and oute of ye holy citie and fro thoo thynge which are written in
this boke. - (1388 Wycliffe) And if ony man do awei of the wordis of the book of this prophesie, God schal take awei the part of hym fro the book of lijf, and fro the hooli citee, and fro these thingis that ben writun in this book.
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- Counterfeit Versions
- (1881 RV) and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of
this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out
of the holy city, which are written in this book.
- (1901 ASV) and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of
this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out
of the holy city, which are written in this book.
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(CSB) And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God will take away his share of the tree of life and the holy
city, which are written about in this book.
- (NIV 2011) And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy,
God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the
Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
- (NASV) and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the
holy city, which are written in this book.
- (THE MESSAGE) if you subtract from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God will subtract your part from the Tree of Life and the Holy
City that are written in this book.
- (AMP) And if anyone cancels or takes away from the statements of the
book of this prophecy [these predictions relating to Christ's kingdom and
its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions or
warnings pertaining to them], God will cancel and take away from him his
share in the tree of life and in the city of holiness (purity and
hallowedness), which are described and promised in this book.
- (NLT) And if anyone removes any of the words from this book of prophecy,
God will remove that person’s share in the tree of life and in the holy city
that are described in this book.
- (ESV) and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy
city, which are described in this book.
- (CEV) If you take anything away from these prophecies, God will not let
you have part in the life-giving tree and in the holy city described in this
book.
- (NCV) And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy,
God will take away that one's share of the tree of life and of the holy
city, which are written about in this book.
- (CEB) If anyone takes away from the words of this scroll of prophecy,
God will take away that person’s share in the tree of life and the holy
city, which are described in this scroll.
- (HCSB) And if anyone takes away from the words of this prophetic book,
God will take away his share of the tree of life and the holy city, written
in this book.
- (RSV) and if any one takes away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy
city, which are described in this book.
- (NAB-Roman Catholic) and if anyone takes away from the words in this
prophetic book, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the
holy city described in this book.
- (NWT-Jehovah’s Witnesses Bible) and if anyone takes anything away from
the words of the scroll of this prophecy, God will take his portion away
from the trees of life and out of the holy city, things which are written
about in this scroll.
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- Textus Receptus - Traditional Text
και εαν τις αφαιρη απο
των λογων βιβλου της προφητειας ταυτης αφαιρησει ο θεος το μερος αυτου απο
βιβλου της ζωης και εκ της πολεως
της αγιας και των γεγραμμενων εν βιβλιω τουτω
Hort-Westcott - Critical Text
και εαν τις αφελη απο των λογων του βιβλιου της προφητειας ταυτης αφελει
ο θεος το μερος αυτου απο του ξυλου της ζωης και εκ της πολεως της αγιας των
γεγραμμενων εν τω βιβλιω τουτω
Corrupted Manuscripts This verse is corrupted in the following manuscripts: Aleph 01 - Sinaiticus - Nineteenth Century Counterfeit
A 02 - Alexandrinus - Fifth century
Manuscripts which agree with the Textus Receptus for this verse Erasmus 1516 - all subsequent versions Stephanus (1550 A.D.) Beza 1598 Elzivir 1624
Published Critical Greek Texts with Corruptions0 Reads “the tree of life” instead of “the book of life” Complutensian Polyglot (1522) 1592 Clement. Latin Vulgate text from available manuscripts. Alford, Henry - 1849 revised in 1871 Greisbach, Johann - 1805 Hodges and Farstad 1982 as corrected in 1985 Lachmann, Karl - 1842 Tischendorf, Constantine - 1869 Tregelles, Samuel - 1857 Wordsworth, Christopher - 1856 revised in 1870 Westcott and Hort - 1881 Nestle-Aland - 1979 - Twenty Sixth Edition Nestle-Aland - 1993 - Twenty Seventh Edition United Bible Societies - 1983 - Fourth Edition
Affected Teaching Anyone who removes anything from His word will be subject to eternal
damnation. Those who are unbelievers were never in the holy city nor in the
Lamb’s Book of Life. God is telling us that those who adulterate His Word
are not worthy to be in the book of Life or the holy city. One of the most
major attacks on the word of God today is the modern versions which remove
verses and the portions of many other verses. This is one way they are
taking away from the word of God. Then another way that teachings are
removed from the word of God is by preachers and teachers who cast doubt on
parts of the word of God. Many preachers do not believe in hell nor do they
believe in the first three chapters of Genesis being literal. Those who take
away from the word of God in any fashion are revealing that they are under
the judgment of God and unless they become saved, will suffer the same
penalty as all the rest of the unbelievers. God records the name of everyone
He has saved in the book of life and not in the tree of life. The tree of life is symbolic of the Lord Jesus Christ. (Rev 22:14 KJV) Blessed are they that do
his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may
enter in through the gates into the city. Notice
Rev. 22:14 states that that they are blessed who do His commandments.
Without the benefit of the rest of the Bible, we could look at this passage
and claim that we are saved by works in keeping His commandments. Of course
we know that is impossible for anyone to do as no one can work for
salvation. We do the commandments of the Lord through salvation by grace
because Christ had satisfied all the demands of God’s Holy Law on behalf of
the believer and we do the commandments as a result of salvation and not for
salvation. Every saved person has their name written in the Lamb’s Book of
Life and as a result, we have the right to the tree of life for eternity,
that is, Christ. For the modern versions to remove the second usage of
“book” in verse 19 is to remove continuity of the thread which is in view in
verses 18 and 19 which is speaking about those who are saved and those who
are not. Back