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13 I am the Alpha and the Omega,[a] the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

14 “Great blessings belong to those who have washed their robes.[b] They will have the right to eat the food from the tree of life. They can go through the gates into the city. 15 Outside the city are all those who live like dogs—those who do evil magic, those who sin sexually, those who murder, those who worship idols, and those who love to lie and pretend to be good.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 22:13 Alpha … Omega The first and last letters in the Greek alphabet, meaning the beginning and the end.
  2. Revelation 22:14 washed their robes Meaning that they had believed in Jesus and had been made clean from sin by his blood sacrifice. See Rev. 5:9; 7:14; Heb. 9:14; 10:14-22; Acts 22:16; 1 Jn. 1:7.

13 I am the Alpha and the Omega,(A) the First and the Last,(B) the Beginning and the End.(C)

14 “Blessed are those who wash their robes,(D) that they may have the right to the tree of life(E) and may go through the gates(F) into the city.(G) 15 Outside(H) are the dogs,(I) those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

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