Qǐshìlù 14:5

5 Zaì tāmen kǒu zhōng chá bù chū huǎng yán lái . tāmen shì méiyǒu xiácī de .

Qǐshìlù 14:5 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 14:5

And in their mouth was found no guile
Or "a lie", as the Complutensian edition, the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions read; by which may be meant idolatry, for idols and idolatrous practices are often called lies, and lying vanities; see ( Jeremiah 16:19 ) ( Amos 1:4 ) ( Jonah 1:8 ) ( Romans 1:25 ) ; and the sense is, that the superstition and idolatry of the church of Rome were not among them: or it may design false doctrine, and the meaning be, that they did not speak lies in hypocrisy, as the followers of antichrist do; nor were they given up to believe a lie, as they are: the generality of copies read, "no guile"; which is expressive of the sincerity of their words; there was no deceit nor hypocrisy in them; they did not speak with flattering lips to men, nor did they draw nigh to God with their mouths, when their hearts were far from him; they were Israelites indeed, like Nathanael, in whom was no guile; though not in so strict a sense, in which this phrase is used of Christ, ( 1 Peter 1:22 ) ;

for they are without fault before the throne of God;
not as considered in themselves, as if they were entirely free from sin, and never committed any; though it might be true of them, that in general they were of unblemished lives and conversations, that is, not guilty of any notorious and scandalous crimes; but rather the sense is, that they were without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, as being washed in the blood of Christ, and so cleansed from all sin, and as being justified by his righteousness from all iniquity; and so were before the throne of God, and in the sight of divine justice, unblamable and unreproveable; see ( Jude 24 ) ( Colossians 1:22 ) ; the phrase, "before the throne of God", is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and in the Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, and in the Complutensian edition.

Qǐshìlù 14:5 In-Context

3 Tāmen zaì bǎozuò qián , bìng zaì sì huó wù hé zhòng zhǎnglǎo qián chàng gē , fǎngfú shì xīn gē . chúle cóng dì shàng mǎi lái de nà shí sì wàn sì qiā rén yǐwaì , méiyǒu rén néng xué zhè gē .

4 Zhèxie rén wèicéng zhānrǎn fùnǚ , tāmen yuán shì tóng shēn . gāoyáng wúlùn wǎng nàli qù , tāmen dōu gēnsuí tā . tāmen shì cóng rénjiān mǎi lái de , zuò chū shú de guǒzi guīyǔ shén hé gāoyáng .

5 Zaì tāmen kǒu zhōng chá bù chū huǎng yán lái . tāmen shì méiyǒu xiácī de .

6 Wǒ yòu kànjian Lìng yī wèi tiānshǐ fēi zaì kōng zhōng , yǒu yǒngyuǎn de Fúyin yào chuán gĕi zhù zaì dì shàng de rén , jiù shì gè guó gè zú gè fāng gè mín .

7 Tā dàshēng shuō , yīngdāng jìngwèi shén , jiāng róngyào guī gĕi tā . yīn Tāshī xíng shĕnpàn de shíhou yǐjing dào le . yīngdāng jìngbaì nà chuàngzào tiāndì hǎi hé zhòng shuǐ quányuán de .