Revelation 22:12 (LSB)

Passage

“Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to his work.

Nearby Context

Revelation 22:10 And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.

Revelation 22:11 Let the one who does unrighteousness, still do unrighteousness; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still do righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy.”

Revelation 22:12 “Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to his work.

Revelation 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

Revelation 22:14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the authority to the tree of life and may enter by the gates into the city.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "coming", "quickly", "reward", and "render". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "coming", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Let the one who does unrighteousness still..." into verse 13's "I am the Alpha and the Omega...", so "behold" and "coming" 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 "behold" and "coming" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.