Revelation 21:7
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
American King James Version (AKJV)
He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
American Standard Version (ASV)
He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
He who overcomes will have these things for his heritage; and I will be his God, and he will be my son.
Webster's Revision
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.
English Revised Version (ERV)
He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Clarke's Revelation 21:7 Bible Commentary
Inherit all things - Here he had no inheritance; there he shall inherit the kingdom of heaven, and be with God and Christ, and have every possible degree of blessedness.
Barnes's Revelation 21:7 Bible Commentary
He that overcometh - See the notes on Revelation 2:7.
Shall inherit all things - Be an heir of God in all things. See the notes on Romans 8:17. Compare Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 2:17, Revelation 2:26; Revelation 3:5, Revelation 3:12, Revelation 3:21.
And I will be his God - That is, forever. He would be to them all that is properly implied in the name of God; he would bestow upon them all the blessings which it was appropriate for God to bestow. See the 2 Corinthians 6:18 note; Hebrews 8:10 note.
And he shall be my son - He shall sustain to me the relation of a son, and shall be treated as such. He would ever onward sustain this relation, and be honored as a child of God.
Wesley's Revelation 21:7 Bible Commentary
21:7 He that overcometh - Which is more than, "he that thirsteth." Shall inherit these things - Which I have made new.I will be his God, and he shall be my son - Both in the Hebrew and Greek language, in which the scriptures were written, what we translate shall and will are one and the same word. The only difference consists in an English translation, or in the want of knowledge in him that interprets what he does not understand.