Revelation 22:3 (LSB)

Passage

And there will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His slaves will serve Him;

Nearby Context

Revelation 22:1 Then he showed me a river of the water of life, bright as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

Revelation 22:2 in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 22:3 And there will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His slaves will serve Him;

Revelation 22:4 and they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

Revelation 22:5 And there will no longer be any night, and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them, and they will reign forever and ever.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "longer", "curse", "throne", "lamb", "slaves", and "serve". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "longer" and "curse", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "in the middle of its street On..." into verse 4's "and they will see His face and...", so "longer" and "curse" 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 "longer" and "curse" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.