Revelation 3:4 (GNV)

Passage

Notwithstanding thou hast a few names yet in Sardis, which haue not defiled their garments: and they shall walke with me in white: for they are worthy.

Nearby Context

Revelation 3:2 Be awake, and strengthen the things which remaine, that are readie to die: for I haue not found thy workes perfite before God.

Revelation 3:3 Remember therefore, how thou hast receiued and heard, and hold fast and repent. If therefore thou wilt not watch, I will come on thee as a thiefe, and thou shalt not know what houre I wil come vpon thee.

Revelation 3:4 Notwithstanding thou hast a few names yet in Sardis, which haue not defiled their garments: and they shall walke with me in white: for they are worthy.

Revelation 3:5 He that ouercommeth, shalbe clothed in white araye, and I will not put out his name out of the booke of life, but I will confesse his name before my Father, and before his Angels.

Revelation 3:6 Let him that hath an eare, heare, what the Spirite saith vnto the Churches.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "notwithstanding", "thou", "hast", "names", "sardis", "haue", "defiled", and "garments". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "notwithstanding" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Remember therefore how thou hast receiued and..." into verse 5's "He that ouercommeth shalbe clothed in white...", so "notwithstanding" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "notwithstanding" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.