Revelation 3:4 (LSB)

Passage

But you have a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments, and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.

Nearby Context

Revelation 3:2 Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of My God.

Revelation 3:3 So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.

Revelation 3:4 But you have a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments, and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.

Revelation 3:5 He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

Revelation 3:6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "So remember what you have received and..." into verse 5's "He who overcomes will thus be clothed...", so "names" and "sardis" 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 "names" and "sardis" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.