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Revelation 21:7
The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The glorified Christ speaks within the vision of the new creation, immediately after declaring "It is done" and before pronouncing the second death on the wicked in v.8. The statement addresses "the one who overcomes" as a representative figure set against the excluded.
The words — nikōn (νικῶν) is a present participle: not a single act of victory but a continuous state of overcoming. tauta (ταῦτα) is a demonstrative — "these things" — pointing back to what was just shown: the new creation and the water of life.
The thread — The "I will be his God and he will be My son" formula echoes the covenant language of Exodus 6:7 and Leviticus 26:12, quoted in 2 Corinthians 6:18. The "overcomes" formula recurs throughout the letters to the seven churches (Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21).
Why it lands — The verse is the hinge between promise and exclusion: inherit all things, or the lake of fire. "Overcoming" is ongoing, not a one-time event, which places the reader in the present tense of the condition.
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The Greek words
King James Version
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Cross-references
- 2 Corinthians 6:18 And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
- Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Revelation 2:11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
- Revelation 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
- Matthew 25:34 Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- 1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
- Romans 8:15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- 1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- Matthew 19:29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
- Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.