Translation in British English
1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, bestowed by God upon him, to disclose to his bondsmen imminent events; he conveyed this through his messenger to his servant John:
1:2 John, who testified to God’s discourse and the witness of Jesus Christ, encompassing all he observed.
1:3 Fortunate is the reader, and those listening to this prophecy’s words, adhering to its inscribed teachings, as the moment draws near.
1:4 John, addressing the seven congregations in Asia: May grace and tranquillity be yours, from the Eternal One, who exists, existed, and is yet to come; and from the seven Spirits in front of his throne;
1:5 And from Jesus Christ, the steadfast witness, the first to rise from the dead, and the sovereign of earthly rulers. To the one who loves us, cleansing us from sins with his own blood,
1:6 And has appointed us as sovereigns and priests serving God and his Father; to him be glory and power for all eternity. Amen.
1:7 Behold, he approaches amidst the clouds; every eye shall witness him, including those who pierced him: and all tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Indeed, Amen.
1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” declares the Lord God, “who is, was, and is to come, the Almighty.
1:9 I, John, your brother and partner in hardship, and in Jesus Christ’s kingdom and perseverance, was on the isle named Patmos, due to God’s word and Jesus Christ’s testimony.
1:10 In the Spirit on the Lord’s day, I heard a mighty voice behind me, resembling a trumpet,
1:11 Proclaiming, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last. Write what you see in a scroll, and dispatch it to the seven churches in Asia: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
1:12 Turning to discern the voice speaking with me, upon turning, I saw seven golden lampstands;
1:13 And amidst the lampstands one resembling the Son of Man, robed down to his feet, girded at the chest with a golden band.
1:14 His head and hair were white as wool, as white as snow; his eyes like blazing fire;
1:15 His feet resembled polished bronze refined in a furnace; his voice like the roar of many waters.
1:16 He held seven stars in his right hand; a sharp double-edged sword emerged from his mouth; his face was like the sun shining in its full strength.
1:17 Upon seeing him, I fell at his feet as though dead. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not; I am the first and the last:
1:18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and hold the keys to death and Hades.
1:19 Write down what you have seen, both the present and what will occur hereafter;
1:20 The mystery of the seven stars in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
2:1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write; ‘He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands, says these things:
2:2 I know your deeds, your hard work, and your endurance, and how you cannot tolerate wicked men; you have tested those claiming to be apostles but are not, and found them liars; 2:3 You have persevered and endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
2:4 However, I have this against you: you have forsaken your first love.
2:5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you swiftly and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
2:6 But you have this in your favour: you hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also detest.
2:7 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches; To the one who overcomes, I will grant to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’
2:8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write; ‘The first and the last, who was dead and came to life, says these things:
2:9 I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich—and the slander of those who claim to be Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
2:10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will face tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
2:11 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.’
2:12 To the angel of the church in Pergamum write; ‘He who has the sharp double-edged sword says these things:
2:13 I know where you live—where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
2:14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat food sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.
2:15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
2:16 Repent; otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
2:17 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.’
2:18 To the angel of the church in Thyatira write; ‘The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and feet like burnished bronze, says these things:
2:19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that your latter deeds exceed the first.
2:20 But I have this against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
2:21 I have given her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.
2:23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your deeds.
2:24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the ‘deep things’ of Satan, as they say—I will not impose any other burden on you.
2:25 Only hold fast what you have until I come.
2:26 To the one who overcomes and keeps my works to the end, I will give authority over the nations:
2:27 ‘He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery’—just as I have received authority from my Father.
2:28 I will also give him the morning star.
2:29 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.
3:1 To the angel of the church in Sardis write; ‘He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars says these things: I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
3:2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God.
3:3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.
3:4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes; they will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.
3:5 The one who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never erase their name from the book of life, but will acknowledge their name before my Father and his angels.
3:6 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.
3:7 To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; ‘He who is holy and true, who holds the key of David, who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one can open, says these things:
3:8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. You have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
3:9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.
3:10 Because you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.
3:11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
3:12 The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.
3:13 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.
3:14 To the angel of the church in Laodicea write; ‘The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin of God’s creation, says these things:
3:15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!
3:16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
3:17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
3:18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
3:19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
3:20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
3:21 To the one who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne.
3:22 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.
4:1 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, ‘Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.’
4:2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.
4:3 The one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne.
4:4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.
4:5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.
4:6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.
4:7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.
4:8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come.
4:9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honour and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives forever and ever,
4:10 The twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say,
4:11 ‘You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.’
5:1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.
5:2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, ‘Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?’
5:3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.
5:4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.
5:5 And one of the elders spoke to me, saying, “Do not weep: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so as to open the scroll, and to unseal its seven seals.”
5:6 Then I saw, in the centre of the throne and of the four creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing as though it had been slain, with seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
5:7 And he came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne.
5:8 When he had taken the scroll, the four creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
5:9 And they sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation;
5:10 and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”
5:11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,
5:12 saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honour and glory and blessing!”
5:13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honour and glory and might forever and ever!”
5:14 And the four creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshipped.
6:1 Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.”
6:2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer.
6:3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second creature say, “Come and see.”
6:4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people would slay one another, and a great sword was given to him.
6:5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third creature say, “Come and see.” And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand.
6:6 And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, but do not harm the oil and wine!”
6:7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth creature say, “Come and see.”
6:8 And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.
6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.
6:10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
6:11 Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
6:12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun turned black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood,
6:13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale.
6:14 The sky vanished like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
6:15 Then the kings of the earth, and the great ones, and the generals, and the rich and powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,
6:16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,
6:17 for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”
7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree.
7:2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea,
7:3 saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”
7:4 And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:
7:5 12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed, 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 from the tribe of Gad,
7:6 12,000 from the tribe of Asher, 12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,
7:7 12,000 from the tribe of Simeon, 12,000 from the tribe of Levi, 12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,
7:8 12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph, 12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin.
7:9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
7:10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
7:11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God,
7:12 saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
7:13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?”
7:14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
7:15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
7:16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat.
7:17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
8:1 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
8:2 Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne.
8:4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.
8:5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
8:6 Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.
8:7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
8:8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.
8:9 And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
8:10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
8:11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter.
8:12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light was darkened, and the day did not shine for a third of it, and the night likewise.
8:13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”
9:1 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.
9:2 He opened the bottomless pit, and from the pit rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the pit.
9:3 And from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.
9:4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
9:5 They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a person.
9:6 And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
9:7 In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces,
9:8 their hair like women’s hair, and their teeth like lions’ teeth;
9:9 they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle.
9:10 They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails.
9:11 They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.
9:12 The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.
9:13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God,
9:14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
9:15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind.
9:16 The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number.
9:17 And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the colour of fire and of sapphire and of sulphur, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulphur came out of their mouths.
9:18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulphur coming out of their mouths.
9:19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents with heads, and by means of them they wound.
9:20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshipping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk,
9:21 nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
10:1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire.
10:2 He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land,
10:3 and called out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring. When he called out, the seven thunders sounded.
10:4 And when the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
10:5 And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven
10:6 And vowed by Him who lives forever and ever, creator of heaven and all within, the earth and all upon it, the sea and all its contents, that time should be no more:
10:7 But in the days when the seventh angel is to sound, the mystery of God will be completed, as He announced to His servants, the prophets.
10:8 The voice I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, instructing, “Go, take the open scroll in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth.”
10:9 So I approached the angel, requesting the small scroll. “Take it, and consume it,” he told me. “It will be sweet as honey in your mouth, but bitter in your stomach.”
10:10 I took the scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but upon swallowing, my stomach turned bitter.
10:11 Then he told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.”
11:1 A measuring rod, like a staff, was given to me, with the angel’s command: “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who worship there.”
11:2 “But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, for it has been given over to the Gentiles. They will trample the holy city for forty-two months.”
11:3 “I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
11:4 These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the Lord of the earth.
11:5 If anyone tries to harm them, fire pours from their mouths and consumes their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.
11:6 They have the power to shut the heavens so that it will not rain during the time of their prophecy, and they have power over waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
11:7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war against them, overpower and kill them.
11:8 Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified.
11:9 For three and a half days, people from every tribe, language, and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial.
11:10 The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those living on the earth.
11:11 But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them.
11:12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.
11:13 At that very hour, there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
11:14 The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.
11:15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying: “The kingdoms of the world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign forever and ever.”
11:16 And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshipped God,
11:17 saying: “We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign.
11:18 The nations were angry, and your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets and your people who revere your name, both great and small— and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”
11:19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.
12:1 A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
12:2 She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth.
12:3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads.
12:4 Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born.
12:5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.
12:6 The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.
12:7 Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
12:8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven.
12:9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
12:10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.
12:11 They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
12:12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.”
12:13 When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
12:14 The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach.
12:15 Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent.
12:16 But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
12:17 Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.
13:1 The dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.
13:2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
13:3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast.
13:4 People worshipped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshipped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?”
13:5 The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.
13:6 It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.
13:7 It was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.
13:8 All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.
13:9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.
13:10 “If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed.” This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s people.
13:11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.
13:12 It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.
13:13 And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people.
13:14 Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
13:15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.
13:16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,
13:17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.
13:18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.
14:1 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
14:2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps.
14:3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
14:4 These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb.
14:5 No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
14:6 Then I saw another angel flying in mid-air, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people.
14:7 He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”
14:8 A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’ which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”
14:9 A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand,
14:10 they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
14:11 And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”
14:12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.
14:13 Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”
14:14 I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.
14:15 Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
14:16 So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
14:17 Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.
14:18 Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.”
14:19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.
14:20 They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
15:1 I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues—last, because with them God’s wrath is completed.
15:2 And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and its image and over the number of its name. They held harps given them by God
15:3 And they sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, declaring, “Your works are magnificent and wondrous, Lord God Almighty; just and true are your ways, O King of the holy ones.
15:4 Who shall not revere you, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations shall come and worship before you; your righteous acts have been revealed.”
15:5 After this, I looked, and the sanctuary of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
15:6 And out of the sanctuary came the seven angels with the seven plagues, clothed in clean, bright linen, with golden sashes around their chests.
15:7 Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.
15:8 And the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
16:1 Then I heard a loud voice from the sanctuary telling the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”
16:2 So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores came upon the people who bore the mark of the beast and worshipped its image.
16:3 The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead person, and every living thing in the sea died.
16:4 The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.
16:5 And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, “You are just in these judgments, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you have judged these things.
16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.”
16:7 And I heard the altar respond, “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are your judgments.”
16:8 The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire.
16:9 They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues, but they did not repent and give him glory.
16:10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness; people gnawed their tongues in agony
16:11 and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they did not repent of their deeds.
16:12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east.
16:13 Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
16:14 They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.
16:15 “Behold, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”
16:16 And they gathered them together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
16:17 The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”
16:18 Then there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake such as there had never been since mankind was on the earth, so tremendous was the quake.
16:19 The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.
16:20 Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found.
16:21 From the sky huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell on people. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible.
17:1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
17:2 With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.”
17:3 He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
17:4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.
17:5 This title was written on her forehead: Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.
17:6 I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.
17:7 Then the angel said to me: “Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast she rides, which has the seven heads and ten horns.
17:8 The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come.
17:9 “This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits.
17:10 They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while.
17:11 The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.
17:12 “The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast.
17:13 They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast.
17:14 They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.”
17:15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.
17:16 The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
17:17 For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to hand over to the beast their royal authority, until God’s words are fulfilled.
17:18 The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.
18:1 After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendour.
18:2 With a mighty voice he shouted: “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’ She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.
18:3 For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.”
18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “‘Come out of her, my people,’ so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
18:5 for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.
18:6 Give back to her as she has given; pay her back double for what she has done. Pour her a double portion from her own cup.
18:7 Give her as much torment and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts, ‘I sit enthroned as queen. I am not a widow; I will never mourn.’
18:8 Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
18:9 “When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her.
18:10 Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry: ‘Woe! Woe to you, great city, you mighty city of Babylon! In one hour your doom has come!’
18:11 “The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore—
18:12 cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble;
18:13 cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.
18:14 “They will say, ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendour have vanished, never to be recovered.’
18:15 The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn
18:16 and cry out: ‘Woe! Woe to you, great city, dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet, and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!
18:17 In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!’ “Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off.
18:18 When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, ‘Was there ever a city like this great city?’
18:19 They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out: ‘Woe! Woe to you, great city, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’
18:20 “Rejoice over her, you heavens! Rejoice, you people of God! Rejoice, apostles and prophets! For God has judged her with the judgment she imposed on you.”
18:21 Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to be found again.
18:22 The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters, will never be heard in you again. No worker of any trade will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again.
18:23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Your merchants were the world’s important people. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.
18:24 In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people, of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”
19:1 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
19:2 for true and just are his judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
19:3 And again they shouted: “Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever.”
19:4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried: “Amen, Hallelujah!”
19:5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, both great and small!”
19:6 Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: “Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns.
19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
19:8 Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.)
19:9 Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true words of God.”
19:10 At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.”
19:11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.
19:12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.
19:13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.
19:14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
19:15 From his mouth emerges a keen-edged blade, that he may strike down the nations therewith: he shall shepherd them with an iron rod: and he treads the winepress of the furious wrath of the Almighty God.
19:16 Emblazoned upon his robe and upon his thigh is a name inscribed, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
19:17 I beheld an angel standing in the sun; and he shouted in a mighty voice, proclaiming to all birds flying in mid-heaven, “Gather yourselves together for the grand feast of the great God;
19:18 That you might feast upon the flesh of monarchs, and the flesh of commanders, and the flesh of valiant warriors, and the flesh of horses, and of those seated upon them, and the flesh of all humanity, both free and enslaved, both insignificant and prominent.”
19:19 And I witnessed the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, amassed to wage war against the rider upon the horse, and against his army.
19:20 The beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who performed wonders before him, with which he misled those who bore the mark of the beast, and those who worshipped his likeness. Both were thrown alive into a fiery lake of burning sulphur.
19:21 And the remnants were slain by the sword of the rider on the horse, the sword that emerged from his mouth: and all the birds were sated with their flesh.
20:1 Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, bearing the key to the bottomless abyss and a great chain in his hand.
20:2 He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a millennium,
20:3 And flung him into the bottomless abyss, and locked him away, and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended: after these things, he must be released for a brief time.
20:4 I observed thrones, and those seated upon them received authority to judge: and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who had not worshipped the beast nor his image, nor had received his mark upon their foreheads or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
20:5 But the rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.
20:6 Blessed and holy is he who shares in the first resurrection: over such, the second death holds no sway, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him for a thousand years.
20:7 And when the thousand years have expired, Satan shall be released from his prison,
20:8 And shall venture forth to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to assemble them for battle: their number is like the sand of the sea.
20:9 They ascended over the breadth of the earth and encircled the camp of the saints and the beloved city: and fire descended from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
20:10 And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and sulphur, where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night, forever and ever.
20:11 Then I saw a great white throne, and Him who was seated upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away; and no place was found for them.
20:12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged from those things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.
20:13 The sea surrendered the dead within it; and death and Hades delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged, each one according to their deeds.
20:14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
20:15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, they were cast into the lake of fire.
21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away; and there was no longer any sea.
21:2 And I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, descending from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
21:3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is among men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
21:4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor pain: for the former things have passed away.”
21:5 And He who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said, “Write: for these words are trustworthy and true.”
21:6 And He said to me, “It is accomplished. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
21:7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be My son.
21:8 But the cowardly, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and sulphur: which is the second death.”
21:9 And one of the seven angels who had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”
21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
21:11 Having the glory of God: and her radiance was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
21:12 It had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
21:13 On the east side three gates; on the north side three gates; on the south side three gates; and on the west side three gates.
21:14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
21:15 And the one who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city, and its gates, and its wall.
21:16 And the city lies four-square, and its length is as great as its breadth: and he measured the city with the rod, twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.
21:17 And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits, by human measurement, which is also an angel’s measurement.
21:18 The construction of its wall was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.
21:19 The foundations of the city’s wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was made of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God illuminated it, and the Lamb is its light.
21:24 And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light: and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honour into it.
21:25 Its gates shall not be shut at all by day: for there will be no night there.
21:26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
21:27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
22:1 And he showed me a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
22:2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
22:3 And there will be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and His servants shall serve Him:
22:4 And they shall see His face; and His name shall be on their foreheads.
22:5 And there will be no night there; and they need no candle, nor light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light: and they shall reign forever and ever.
22:6 And he said to me, “These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must soon take place.”
22:7 “Behold, I am coming quickly: blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
22:8 And I, John, saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
22:9 Then he says to me, “See that you do not do it: for I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book: worship God.”
22:10 And he says to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book: for the time is near.
22:11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he who is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he who is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he who is holy, let him be holy still.”
22:12 “Behold, I am coming quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give to every man according as his work shall be.”
22:13 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.”
22:14 “Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.”
22:15 “For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and sexually immoral, and murderers, and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.”
22:16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright morning star.”
22:17 “And the Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come.’ And let him who hears say, ‘Come.’ And let him who is thirsty come. Whoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”
22:18 “For I testify to every man that hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add to these things, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book:
22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”
22:20 “He who testifies these things says, ‘Surely I come quickly.’ Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”
22:21 “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”
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