Revelation 22:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

unjust. unrighteous. Pres. part, of Greek. adikeo: everywhere in Rev. except here rend. "hurt". See Revelation 2:11 and compare App-128.

let... unjust. let him act unrighteously. Aor. tense.

filthy. morally defiled. Greek. rhupoo. Only here. Compare James 1:21 (rhuiparia) and 1 Peter 3:21 (rhupos). The texts, however, read here rhuparos rhupantheto.

righteous. App-191.

be righteous. The texts read "do (or work) righteousness" (App-191.)

be holy. Greek. hagiazo. Only occurrence of the verb in Rev. In N.T. almost invariably "sanctify". Note Figure of speech Epistrophe (App-6) in this verse.

Revelation 22:11

11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.