Revelation 22:9 (WEB)

Passage

He said to me, “See you don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers, the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

Nearby Context

Revelation 22:7 “Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

Revelation 22:8 Now I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.

Revelation 22:9 He said to me, “See you don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers, the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

Revelation 22:10 He said to me, “Don’t seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.

Revelation 22:11 He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "fellow", "bondservant", "brothers", "prophets", "keep", "words", and "book". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "fellow", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Now I John am the one who..." into verse 10's "He said to me Don t seal...", so "said" and "fellow" 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 "said" and "fellow" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.