Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. New Living Translation Outside the city are the dogs—the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie. English Standard Version Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. Berean Standard Bible But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. Berean Literal Bible Outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone loving and practicing falsehood. King James Bible For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. New King James Version But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie. New American Standard Bible Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral persons, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying. NASB 1995 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying. NASB 1977 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying. Legacy Standard Bible Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying. Amplified Bible Outside are the dogs [the godless, the impure, those of low moral character] and the sorcerers [with their intoxicating drugs, and magic arts], and the immoral persons [the perverted, the molesters, and the adulterers], and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying (deception, cheating). Christian Standard Bible Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. Holman Christian Standard Bible Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying. American Standard Version Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie. Contemporary English Version But outside the city will be dogs, witches, immoral people, murderers, idol worshipers, and everyone who loves to tell lies and do wrong. English Revised Version Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie. GOD'S WORD® Translation Outside are dogs, sorcerers, sexual sinners, murderers, idolaters, and all who lie in what they say and what they do. Good News Translation But outside the city are the perverts and those who practice magic, the immoral and the murderers, those who worship idols and those who are liars both in words and deeds. International Standard Version Outside are dogs, sorcerers, immoral people, murderers, idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. Majority Standard Bible But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. NET Bible Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood! New Heart English Bible Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. Webster's Bible Translation For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and lewd men, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loveth and maketh a lie. Weymouth New Testament The unclean are shut out, and so are all who practise magic, all fornicators, all murderers, and those who worship idols, and every one who loves falsehood and tells lies. World English Bible Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand outside [are] the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the whoremongers, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone cherishing and doing falsehood. Berean Literal Bible Outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone loving and practicing falsehood. Young's Literal Translation and without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the whoremongers, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one who is loving and is doing a lie. Smith's Literal Translation And without, dogs, and charmers and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and every one loving and doing a lie. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWithout are dogs, and sorcerers, and unchaste, and murderers, and servers of idols, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie. Catholic Public Domain Version Outside are dogs, and drug users, and homosexuals, and murderers, and those who serve idols, and all who love and do what is false. New American Bible Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the unchaste, the murderers, the idol-worshipers, and all who love and practice deceit. New Revised Standard Version Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and fornicators and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor without are the vicious, and magicians, and the immoral, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves to tell lies. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “And outside are fornicators, murderers, idol worshipers, the defiled, sorcerers and all seers and workers of lies.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentWith out are dogs and sorcerers and lewd persons and murderers and idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie. Godbey New Testament Haweis New Testament But without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and every one who loveth and maketh a lie. Mace New Testament "but without are the execrable, the poisoners, the licentious, the murderers, the idolaters, and all who are pleas'd with, or practise deceit. Weymouth New Testament The unclean are shut out, and so are all who practise magic, all fornicators, all murderers, and those who worship idols, and every one who loves falsehood and tells lies. Worrell New Testament Without are the dogs and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one loving and acting a lie. Worsley New Testament But without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and every one that loveth and practiseth falshood. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jesus is Coming…14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates. 15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. 16“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”… Cross References Galatians 5:19-21 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander. Ephesians 5:5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Colossians 3:5-6 Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. 1 Timothy 1:9-10 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, / for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching Romans 1:29-32 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. / They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless. ... 2 Timothy 3:1-5 But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ... Mark 7:21-23 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. / All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.” 1 John 3:8-10 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. / Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. / By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother. John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. Matthew 7:21-23 Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. / Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ / Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’ Proverbs 6:16-19 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: / haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, / a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, ... Isaiah 57:3-4 “But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! / Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit, Jeremiah 9:2-6 If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people. / “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD. / “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander. ... Treasury of Scripture For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie. without. Revelation 9:20,21 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: … Revelation 21:8,27 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death… 1 Corinthians 6:9,10 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, … dogs. Philippians 3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. sorcerers. Revelation 9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. Revelation 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. Isaiah 47:9,12 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments… whoremongers. Revelation 17:1-6 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: … whosoever. Revelation 21:8,27 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death… 1 Kings 22:8,21-23 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so… Isaiah 9:15,16 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail… Jump to Previous Arts Delight Dogs Evil Falsehood Fornicators Idolaters Idols Images Immoral Lewd Life Loves Magic Maketh Murderers Outside Powers Practice Practices Practise Sexually Shut Sorcerers Takers Tells Unclean Use Whoremongers WorshipJump to Next Arts Delight Dogs Evil Falsehood Fornicators Idolaters Idols Images Immoral Lewd Life Loves Magic Maketh Murderers Outside Powers Practice Practices Practise Sexually Shut Sorcerers Takers Tells Unclean Use Whoremongers WorshipRevelation 22 1. The river of the water of life.2. The tree of life. 5. The light of the city of God is himself. 7. Jesus Is Coming. 9. The angel will not be worshipped. 18. Nothing may be added to the word of God, nor taken away. But outside are the dogs In biblical times, "dogs" were often seen as unclean animals, symbolizing impurity and moral corruption. In Philippians 3:2, Paul warns against "dogs" as a metaphor for false teachers. Here, "dogs" may represent those who are morally impure and excluded from the holy city, the New Jerusalem. This exclusion signifies a separation from God's presence and blessings. the sorcerers the sexually immoral the murderers the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood Persons / Places / Events 1. DogsIn biblical times, "dogs" were often used metaphorically to describe those who were impure or unclean, particularly those outside the covenant community. This term is used here to denote those who are excluded from the holy city. 2. Sorcerers Individuals who practice magic arts, often associated with pagan rituals and idolatry. In the biblical context, sorcery is condemned as it involves reliance on powers other than God. 3. Sexually Immoral This refers to those who engage in sexual practices outside the boundaries set by God, such as adultery, fornication, and other forms of sexual sin. 4. Murderers Those who unlawfully take the life of another, violating the commandment "You shall not murder." 5. Idolaters People who worship idols or false gods, placing anything above the worship of the one true God. 6. Lovers and Practitioners of Falsehood Those who not only lie but also take pleasure in deceit and falsehood, living contrary to the truth of God. Teaching Points The Reality of ExclusionThe verse underscores the sobering reality that not everyone will enter the New Jerusalem. It serves as a warning to examine our lives and ensure we are living in accordance with God's standards. The Call to Holiness Believers are called to live holy lives, set apart from the practices listed in this verse. This involves a conscious effort to avoid sin and pursue righteousness. The Importance of Truth Truth is a fundamental aspect of the Christian life. We are called to love and practice truth, reflecting the character of God who is truth. Repentance and Transformation While this verse lists those who are excluded, the broader biblical account offers hope through repentance and transformation in Christ. No sin is beyond the reach of God's grace. Community and Accountability The church community plays a vital role in helping believers stay accountable and grow in holiness, providing support and correction when needed.(15) For without are dogs and sorcerers . . .--Better, Outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolators, and every one loving and doing falsehood. The language is again an echo of earlier words. (See Revelation 21:8.) The allusion to the dogs outside the city is hardly appreciated by Westerns. In the East, however, "troops of hungry and semi-wild dogs used to wander about the fields and streets of the cities, devouring dead bodies and other offal (1Kings 14:11; 1Kings 16:4; 1Kings 21:19; 1Kings 22:38; 2Kings 9:10; 2Kings 9:36; Jeremiah 15:3; Psalm 59:6), and thus became such objects of dislike that fierce and cruel enemies are poetically styled dogs in Psalm 22:16; Psalm 22:20." The dog, moreover, was an unclean animal; dogs, therefore, are represented as outside the city, because nothing unclean is allowed to enter. The sins enumerated here are similar to those mentioned in the last chapter (Revelation 22:8); it is the reiteration, therefore, of the warning that those who would enter in must break off their sins by righteousness. . . . Verse 15. - For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie; without (omit "for") are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicaters, etc. The article renders each term general in its signification (see on Revelation 4:11). "The dogs" are those who are described in ver. 11 as "the filthy;" the term is proverbial amongst Eastern nations as an expression for what is most degraded. The epithets in this verse occur (with others) in Revelation 21:8. A contrast is forcibly presented between these wicked ones here indicated, and those who have (in the preceding verse) the right to enter the city, owing to their purity obtained by washing their robes. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek [But] outside [are]ἔξω (exō) Adverb Strong's 1854: Without, outside. Adverb from ek; out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. dogs, κύνες (kynes) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 2965: A dog, universally despised in the East. A primary word; a dog. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sorcerers, φάρμακοι (pharmakoi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 5333: A magician, sorcerer. The same as pharmakeus. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sexually immoral, πόρνοι (pornoi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 4205: A fornicator, man who prostitutes himself. From pernemi; a prostitute, i.e. a debauchee. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. murderers, φονεῖς (phoneis) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 5406: A murderer. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. idolaters, εἰδωλολάτραι (eidōlolatrai) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 1496: A server (worshipper) of an image (an idol). From eidolon and the base of latreuo; an image- worshipper. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. everyone who πᾶς (pas) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. loves φιλῶν (philōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5368: From philos; to be a friend to (an individual or an object), i.e. Have affection for; specially, to kiss. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. practices ποιῶν (poiōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. falsehood. ψεῦδος (pseudos) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 5579: A lie, falsehood, untruth; false religion. From pseudomai; a falsehood. 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