The Pulpit Commentary on Revelation 22:4

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And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. Another consequence of there being no accursed thing—no sin (see on Revelation 22:3). All are pure it, heart, and therefore they see God.

The same promise is made in 1 John 3:2. The last clause connects this chapter with Revelation 3:12, and shows that these who are here described are those who have overcome (cf. also Revelation 7:1-17.

; Revelation 14:1).

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