Wahyu 16:15

16:15 (Look! I will come like a thief!

Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose ¹  his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition ²  be seen.) ³ 

Wahyu 18:7

18:7 As much as ⁴  she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, ⁵  to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, ⁶  ‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’

Wahyu 21:27

21:27 but ⁷  nothing ritually unclean ⁸  will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable ⁹  or practices falsehood, ¹⁰  but only those whose names ¹¹  are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Wahyu 22:5

22:5 Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

[16:15]  ¹ tn Grk “and keeps.” BDAG 1002 s.v. τηρέω 2.c states “of holding on to someth. so as not to give it up or lose it…τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ Rv 16:15 (or else he will have to go naked).”

[16:15]  ² tn On the translation of ἀσχημοσύνη (aschmosunh) as “shameful condition” see L&N 25.202. The indefinite third person plural (“and they see”) has been translated as a passive here.

[16:15]  ³ sn These lines are parenthetical, forming an aside to the narrative. The speaker here is the Lord Jesus Christ himself rather than the narrator. Many interpreters have seen this verse as so abrupt that it could not be an original part of the work, but the author has used such asides before (1:7; 14:13) and the suddenness here (on the eve of Armageddon) is completely parallel to Jesus’ warning in Mark 13:15-16 and parallels.

[18:7]  ⁴ tn “As much as” is the translation of ὅσα (Josa).

[18:7]  ⁵ tn On the term ἐστρηνίασεν (estrhniasen) BDAG 949 s.v. στρηνιάω states, “live in luxury, live sensually Rv 18:7. W. πορνεύειν vs. 9.”

[18:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “said in her heart,” an idiom for saying something to oneself.

[21:27]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[21:27]  ⁸ tn Here BDAG 552 s.v. κοινός 2 states, “pert. to being of little value because of being common, common, ordinary, profane…b. specifically, of that which is ceremonially impure: Rv 21:27.”

[21:27]  ⁹ tn Or “what is abhorrent”; Grk “who practices abominations.”

[21:27]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “practicing abomination or falsehood.” Because of the way βδέλυγμα (bdelugma) has been translated (“does what is detestable”) it was necessary to repeat the idea from the participle ποιῶν (poiwn, “practices”) before the term “falsehood.” On this term, BDAG 1097 s.v. ψεῦδος states, “ποιεῖν ψεῦδος practice (the things that go with) falsehood Rv 21:27; 22:15.” Cf. Rev 3:9.

[21:27]  ¹¹ tn Grk “those who are written”; the word “names” is implied.