Revelation 3:21

Revelation 3:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
• New International Version (NIV)To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
• New King James Version (NKJV)To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

Context of Revelation 3:21

19All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent! 20Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me. I will grant the one who conquers permission to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

Revelation 3:21 word by word

ὁ νικῶν, δώσω αὐτῷ καθίσαι μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐν τῷ θρόνῳ μου ὡς κἀγὼ ἐνίκησα καὶ ἐκάθισα μετὰ τοῦ πατρός μου ἐν τῷ θρόνῳ αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• To himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• that overcomethνικάωnikaō · to conquerG3528
• will I grantδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• to sitκαθίζωkathizō · to seatG2523
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• throneὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• throneθρόνοςthronos · throneG2362
• even asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• I alsoκἀγώkagō kamoi kame · and IG2504
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962

Cross-references for Revelation 3:21

• Revelation 2:7The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will permit him to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.’
• Revelation 12:11But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.
• 1 John 5:4because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers the world. This is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.
• Revelation 1:6and has appointed us as a kingdom, as priests serving his God and Father – to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! Amen.
• Revelation 2:26And to the one who conquers and who continues in my deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations –
• Matthew 19:28Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth: In the age when all things are renewed, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• Luke 22:30that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• 1 Corinthians 6:2Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to settle trivial suits?
• 2 Timothy 2:12If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us.
• John 16:33I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage – I have conquered the world.”
• Revelation 5:6Then I saw standing in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb that appeared to have been killed. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
• Revelation 7:17because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
• Daniel 7:13I was watching in the night visions, “And with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man was approaching. He went up to the Ancient of Days and was escorted before him.
• Matthew 28:18Then Jesus came up and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
• John 5:22Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
• Ephesians 1:20This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms

Commentaries on Revelation 3:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21To sit with me in my throne - In every case it is to him that overcometh, to the conqueror, that the final promise is made. He that conquers not is not crowned, therefore every promise is here made to him that is faithful unto death. Here is a most remarkable expression: Jesus has conquered, and is set down with the Father upon the Father's throne; he who conquers through Christ sits down with Christ upon his throne: but Christ's throne and the throne of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21To him that overcometh - See the notes on Revelation 2:7. Will I grant to sit with me in my throne - That is, they will share his honors and his triumphs. See the notes on Revelation 2:26-27; compare the notes on Romans 8:17. Even as I also overcame - As I gained a victory over the world, and over the power of the tempter. As the reward of this, he is exalted to the throne of the universe Philemon 2:6-11, and in these honors, achieved by their great and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-22Verses 14-22 Laodicea was the last and worst of the seven churches of Asia. Here our Lord Jesus styles himself, "The Amen;" one steady and unchangeable in all his purposes and promises. If religion is worth anything, it is worth every thing. Christ expects men should be in earnest. How many professors of gospel doctrine are neither hot nor cold; except as they are indifferent in needful matters, and hot and fiery in disputes about things of lesser moment!…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21The reward for faith that is victorious and obedient is to sit with Christ on his throne. This picture shows great honor and closeness to Christ. It means that believers will share in his authority when he rules over the new creation. This reward does not mean that Christians become divine. Only God is divine. Instead, Christians share in Christ’s victory and in the work he gives them in his kingdom (Revelation 20:4, 6; 22:5; Colossians 3:1–4; 2 Timothy…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. sit with me in my throne--(Re 2:26, 27; 20:6; Mt 19:28; 20:23; Joh 17:22, 24; 2Ti 2:12). The same whom Christ had just before threatened to spue out of His mouth, is now offered a seat with Him on His throne! "The highest place is within reach of the lowest; the faintest spark of grace may be fanned into the mightiest flame of love" [Trench]. even as I also--Two thrones are here mentioned: (1) His Father's, upon which He now sits, and has sat since…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 3:21

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• Laodicea
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• Righteous
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Commentaries on Revelation 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings