Revelation 14:4

These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

Virgins - spiritually (): in contrast to the apostate church, Babylon (), 'a harlot' (Revelation 17:1; ). Contrast ; Ephesians 5:25. Their not being defiled with women means they were not led astray from Christian faithfulness by the spiritual 'harlot.'

Follow the Lamb wheresoever he goeth - in glory being especially near His person: the fitting reward of their following Him so fully on earth.

Redeemed - `purchased.'

Being the - rather, 'as a first-fruit.' Not merely in the sense in which all believers are so (), but Israel's 144,000 elect are the first-fruit; the Gentile elect, of "every nation, kindred, tongue, and people," who refuse to worship the beast, are the harvest: in a further sense, the whole transfigured and translated Church, which reigns with Christ at His coming, is the first-fruit, and the consequent universal ingathering of Israel and the nations, ending in the last judgment, is the full harvest.