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=What the Bible says= | |||
The Lamb's Book of Life is referred to only in the Book of Revelation: | |||
:''...and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Re 13:8.</ref> | |||
:''But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life. <ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Re 21:27.</ref> | |||
There are also references to the "Book of Life" as follows (all of which are in the Book of Revelation with the exception of one passage in the Book of Philippians): | |||
:''Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life. <ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Php 4:3.</ref> | |||
:''The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. <ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Re 3:5.</ref> | |||
:''And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Re 17:8.</ref> | |||
:''And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. <ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Re 20:12.</ref> | |||
:''And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. <ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Re 20:15.</ref> | |||