[7] "Cp. Rev. iii. 5, xiii. 8, xvii. 8, xx. 12, 15, xxi. 27; and Luke x. 20. And see Exod. xxxii. 32, 33; Ps. lxix. 28, lxxxvii. 6; Isa. iv. 3; Ezek. xiii. 9; Dan. xii. 1. The result of the comparison of these passages with this seems to be that St Paul here refers to the Lord's 'knowledge of them that are His' (2 Tim. ii. 19: cp. John x. 27, 28), for time and eternity. All the passages in the Revelation, save iii. 5, are clearly in favour of a reference of the phrase to the certainty of the ultimate salvation of all true saints . . . so too Dan. xii. 1 and Luke x. 20. Rev. iii. 5 appears to point in another direction (see Trench on that passage). But in view of the other mentions of the 'Book' in the Revelation the language of iii. 5 may well be only a vivid assertion that the name in question _shall be found_ in an indelible register. . . . Practically, the Apostle here speaks of Clement and the rest as having given illustrious proof of their part and lot in that 'life eternal' which is 'to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom He hath sent' (John xvii. 3).--The word '_names_' powerfully suggests the individuality and speciality of divine love." (Note in _The Cambridge Bible for Schools_.)
[8] I think the Apostle has in mind Ps. cxix. 151, where the Septuagint version has _su eggus ei, Kurie_. He is thinking of "the secret _of the Presence_" (Ps. xxxi. 20). We need not shut out the calming thought of the Lord's approaching _Return_; but it does not seem to be the leading thought here.
[9] Bishop Ken.
[10] G. M. Taylor, in _Hymns of Consecration_, 349.
[11] _In the House of the Pilgrimage_.