Revelation 21:27 (YLT)

Passage

and there may not at all enter into it any thing defiling and doing abomination, and a lie, but--those written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb.

Nearby Context

Revelation 21:25 and its gates shall not at all be shut by day, for night shall not be there;

Revelation 21:26 and they shall bring the glory and the honour of the nations into it;

Revelation 21:27 and there may not at all enter into it any thing defiling and doing abomination, and a lie, but--those written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "enter", "defiling", "doing", "abomination", "but--those", "written", "scroll", and "life". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "enter" and "defiling", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "and they shall bring the glory and...", giving immediate footing for "enter" and "defiling". In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

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