Revelation 21:7 “The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God,…”

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

Other translations

King James Version

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

World English Bible

He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

American Standard Version

He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

Geneva Bible 1599

He that ouercommeth, shall inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my sonne.

Darby Translation

He that overcomes shall inherit these things, and I will be to him God, and he shall be to me son.

Young's Literal Translation

he who is overcoming shall inherit all things, and I will be to him — a God, and he shall be to me — the son,

Bible in Basic English

He who overcomes will have these things for his heritage; and I will be his God, and he will be my son.

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Cross references

“overcometh”

Revelation 2:11 Revelation 2:17 Revelation 2:25

Revelation 2:11 · BSB

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 2:17 · BSB

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 receiv…

Revelation 2:25 · BSB

than to hold fast to what you have until I come.

“inherit”

Matthew 25:34 Matthew 19:29 Proverbs 3:35 1 Samuel 2:8 1 Peter 3:9 Isaiah 65:9

Matthew 25:34 · BSB

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.

Matthew 19:29 · BSB

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.

Proverbs 3:35 · BSB

The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.

1 Samuel 2:8 · BSB

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the wor…

1 Peter 3:9 · BSB

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

Isaiah 65:9 · BSB

And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and heirs from Judah; My elect will possess My mountains, and My servants will dwell there.

“and I”

Hebrews 8:10 Revelation 21:3 1 John 3:1–3 Romans 8:15–17 Zechariah 8:8

Hebrews 8:10 · BSB

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 21:3 · BSB

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.

1 John 3:1–3 · BSB

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 8:15–17 · BSB

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!”

Zechariah 8:8 · BSB

I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”

Also

2 Corinthians 6:18 Revelation 2:7

2 Corinthians 6:18 · BSB

And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Revelation 2:7 · BSB

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.

8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

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