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1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him to show his servants the things which must quickly come to pass. And he declared it by delivering it by means of his angel to his servant John,

2 who testified that all the things which he saw were the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it, for the time is near.

4 From John to the seven churches in Asia, grace to you and peace from God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits which are before his throne,

5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and washed us from our sins by his blood,

6 and made us into a kingdom, priests to his God and father, to him be glory and might throughout the durations of the ages. Amen.

7 Behold, he is coming with clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn for him. Indeed so; amen.

8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the almighty.

9 I John, your brother and sharer in the tribulation and in the kingdom and in patience in Christ Jesus arrived on the island called Patmos for the cause of the word of God and for the cause of the testimony of Jesus Christ.

10 I came to be in the power of the spirit on the day of the Lord, and I heard a voice behind me, loud like a trumpet,

11 and it said, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna, and to Pergamon, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

12 And I turned round on the spot to see the voice which was speaking to me, and when I turned round, I saw seven golden lamp-stands,

13 and in the middle of the seven lamp-stands I saw one like the son of man, clothed down to the feet and girded round at the chest with a golden girdle.

14 And his head and his hair were as white as white wool, like snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame.

15 And his feet were like refined bronze, such as has been refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of much water.

16 And he was holding seven stars in his right hand, and out of his mouth a sharp double-edged sword was coming, and his appearance was as the sun shining in all its power.

17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as if dead, but he put his right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last,

18 and he who is alive, although I was dead, and behold, I am alive throughout the durations of the ages, truly, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.

19 Now write down the things you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which are going to take place after these things.

20 Record the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lamp-stands are the seven churches.

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1 Write to the angel of the church in Ephesus, ‘He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks about in the midst of the seven golden lamp-stands, says this:

2 I know your works and your toil and your endurance, and how you cannot bear the wicked, and how you have tested those who say they are apostles but are not, and found them to be false,

3 and how you have endurance, and have borne up on account of my name, and have not become weary.

4 But I have something against you, in that you have forsaken your first love.

5 So remember where it is you have fallen from, and repent, and do the former works. Otherwise I will come to you quickly and remove your lamp-stand from its place, if you do not repent.

6 But you have this in your favour, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.’

7 Let him who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the churches. I will allow him who overcomes to eat from the tree of life which is in the paradise of my God.

8 And write to the angel of the church in Smyrna, ‘The first and the last, who was dead but came to life, says this:

9 I know your works and your tribulation and your poverty, (but you are rich), and the blasphemy from those who say they are Jews but are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

10 Do not be afraid of any of the things which you are going to suffer. It will transpire that the devil will indeed throw some of you in prison, in order that you be put to the test, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful up to death, and I will give you the crown of life.’

11 Let him who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will certainly not be harmed by the second death.

12 And write to the angel of the church in Pergamon, ‘He who holds the sharp double-edged sword says this:

13 I know your works and where you live: where Satan's throne is, but you are holding on to my name and did not deny my faith in the days when Antipas my faithful martyr was around, who was killed in your place, where Satan dwells.

14 But I have a few things against you, in that you have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a snare in front of the sons of Israel and to eat things offered to idols and to commit fornication,

15 just as you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitanes in a similar way.

16 So repent. For if you don't, I will come to you quickly and will wage war on them with the sword of my mouth.’

17 Let him who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some hidden manna to eat and I will give him a white pebble and on the pebble a new name will be written which no-one will know except him who receives it.

18 And write to the angel of the church in Thyatira, ‘The son of God, who has eyes like a fiery flame, and whose feet are like refined bronze, says this:

19 I know your works and love and faith and ministry, and your endurance, and that your latest works are greater than the first ones,

20 but I have some things against you, in that you condone your wife Jezebel, who says she is a prophetess, and teaches and leads my servants astray into fornicating and eating things offered to idols.

21 And I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her fornication.

22 Watch out, I will cast her into a bed, along with those who commit adultery with her, who are heading for great tribulation, if they do not repent of her works.

23 And I will kill her children with a death blow, and all the churches will know that I am the one who searches kidneys and hearts, and I will give each of you what is appropriate according to your works.

24 But I say to you others in Thyatira, you who do not hold to this doctrine, you who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they say: I am not putting any other burden on you.

25 But hold fast to what you are holding to until I come.

26 And as for him who overcomes, and him who keeps my works up to the end, I will give him authority over the nations,

27 and he will tend them with an iron rod. They will be shattered like clay vessels, as I for my part have received from my father.

28 And I will give him the morning star.’

29 Let him who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the churches.

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1 And write to the angel of the church in Sardis, ‘He who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says this: I know your works, that you have fame for being alive, although you are dead.

2 Be watchful, and consolidate the remaining things which you were about to cast off. For I have not found your works fulfilled before my God.

3 So remember how you received and heard them, and guard them, and repent. For if you are not watchful, I will come upon you like a thief, and you will not know at all at what hour I will come upon you.

4 But you have a few individuals in Sardis who have not defiled their clothes, and who will walk with me in white, because they are worthy.

5 It is he who overcomes who will be clothed in white garments, and I will certainly not expunge his name from the book of life, and I will vouch for his name before my father and before his angels.’

6 Let him who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the churches.

7 And write to the angel of the church in Philadelphia, ‘The holy one, the true one, who holds the key of David, who, when he opens it, no-one can close it, except he who opens, (and no-one can open it either), – he says this:

8 I know your works. Look, I have put an open door in front of you, which no-one can close. For you have little strength, but have kept my word and have not denied my name.

9 You will see how I make some from the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews but are not, but lie – you will see that I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and know that I have loved you.

10 Because you have kept my charge of endurance, I for my part will keep you from the hour of trial which is going to come on the whole world, to test those who inhabit the earth.

11 I am coming quickly. Hold on to what you hold to, so that no-one should take your crown.

12 As for him who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and he will certainly not go out any longer, and I will write the name of my God on him, and the name of the city of my God – the New Jerusalem which descends out of heaven from my God – and my new name.’

13 Let him who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the churches.

14 And write to the angel of the church in Laodicea, ‘The amen, the faithful and true witness, the source of God's creation, says this:

15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. If only you were cold or hot!

16 Because you are lukewarm like this, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to spit you out of my mouth.

17 This is because you say, «I am rich, and I have become wealthy and I don't need anything,» but you do not know that you are most wretched and most pitiable and poor and blind and naked.

18 I advise you to buy gold from me, refined by fire, in order to become rich, and white clothes for you to put on, and so that the shame of your nakedness should not be made manifest, and eye-salve to apply to your eyes in order to see.

19 As for me, all whom I love, I reprove and chasten. So be zealous and repent.

20 Behold, I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him and dine with him and he with me.

21 As for him who overcomes, I will allow him to sit with me on my throne, as I for my part have overcome and sat with my father on his throne.’

22 Let him who has an ear hear what the spirit says to the churches.”

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1 After these things I observed and there was an opened door in heaven, and the first voice I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here and I will show you what must take place after these things.”

2 And I immediately came to be in the power of the spirit, and there was a throne standing in heaven, and on the throne a person was sitting,

3 resembling a jasper gemstone in appearance, and a sardian one, and around the throne was an iridescent sheen like the appearance of emeralds,

4 and around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw the twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and I saw golden crowns on their heads.

5 And flashes of lightning and voices and thunderclaps went out from the throne, and there were seven lamps of fire burning in front of his throne, which are the seven spirits of God,

6 and in front of the throne was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal, and in the proximity of the throne and around the throne were four living beings full of eyes at the front and at the back.

7 Now the first living being was like a lion, and the second living being was like a calf, and the third living being had the face of a man, and the fourth living being was like a flying eagle.

8 And as for the four living beings, each one had six wings around them, and inside they were full of eyes, and they did not have a break day and night from saying, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God the almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.”

9 And when the living beings give glory and honour and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives throughout the durations of the ages,

10 the twenty-four elders fall before the one sitting on the throne, and worship him who lives throughout the durations of the ages, and they place their crowns before the throne and say,

11 “You are worthy, O Lord and holy God of ours, to receive glory and honour and power, because you created everything, and through your will they had existence and were created.”

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1 And I saw on the right hand side of him who was sitting on the throne a book written on the inside and outside, sealed up with seven seals.

2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book and break its seals?”

3 But no-one in heaven above or on the earth or below the earth was able to open the book or to look inside it.

4 And I wept a lot, because no-one was found worthy to open the book or to look inside it.

5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah – the Root of David – has been victorious and is opening the book and its seven seals.”

6 And I saw in the proximity of the throne and the four living beings and in the proximity of the elders a lamb standing as slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God which are being sent into the whole earth.

7 And he came and took it from the right hand of him who was sitting on the throne,

8 and when he had taken the book, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

9 And they sang a new song, pronouncing, “You are worthy to take the book and open its seals, because you were slaughtered and you redeemed us to God by your blood, from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

10 And you made them kings and priests to our God and they will reign over the earth.”

11 And I looked, and heard the sound of many angels around the throne and of the living beings and of the elders, and the number of them was tens of thousands of tens of thousands and thousands of thousands,

12 saying in a loud voice, “The lamb which was slaughtered is worthy to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.”

13 And I heard every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and below the earth, and which is on the sea, and the creatures in them, all saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the lamb be blessing and honour and glory and power throughout the durations of the ages. Amen.”

14 While the four living beings were saying “Amen,” the elders fell down and worshipped.

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1 Then I saw that the lamb had opened one of the seven seals. And I heard one of the four living beings say with a thundering voice, “Come and see.”

2 And there was a white horse, and he who was sitting on it had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living being say, “Come.”

4 And another horse went out, a fiery one, and to him who was sitting on it was given authority to take peace away from the earth so that they should slaughter each other. And a large sword was given to him.

5 And when he had opened the third seal I heard the third living being say, “Come and see.” And there was a black horse, and he who was sitting on it had a pair of balances in his hand.

6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living beings say, “A choenix of wheat for a denary,” and, “Three choenixes of barley for a denary,” and, “Do not damage the oil and the wine.”

7 And when he had opened the fourth seal I heard the fourth living being say, “Come and see.”

8 And there was a pallid horse, and he who was sitting on it had the name of Death, and Hades was following him. And to him was given authority over a quarter of the earth to kill by the sword and by famine and by death and by the wild beasts of the earth.

9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those killed on account of the word of God and on account of the testimony of the lamb to which they held.

10 And they cried out in a loud voice and said, “How long, O holy and true master, will you not judge and take vengeance for our blood on those dwelling on the earth?”

11 And to each of them was given a white robe and they were told that they should rest a while longer until their fellow servants and their brothers should also fulfil their course, and any others who would be killed, as they for their part would.

12 And I looked when he had opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake took place, and the sun became black like sack-cloth made from hair, and the whole moon became like blood.

13 And the stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig-tree shedding its winter figs when shaken by a strong wind,

14 and the sky was parted asunder, like a rolled up scroll, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

15 And the kings of the earth and the high ranking people and the cohort commanders and the rich and the strong, and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains,

16 and they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the lamb,

17 for the great day of his wrath has come, and who is able to stand fast?”

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1 And after this I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth so that no wind should blow on the earth, or blow on the sea, or on any tree.

2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, holding the seal of the living God, and he cried out in a loud voice to the four angels to whom authority had been given to harm the earth and the sea,

3 and said, “Do not harm the earth, or the sea, or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

4 Then I heard the number of those who had been sealed: one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed, from every tribe of the sons of Israel.

5 From the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand sealed; from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand;

6 from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand;

7 from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand;

8 from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand sealed.

9 After these things I looked, and there was a large crowd which no-one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the lamb, clothed in white garments and with palms in their hands.

10 And they cried out in a loud voice, and said, “Salvation to our God who sits on the throne and to the lamb.”

11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and the elders and the four living beings, and they fell before the throne face down and worshipped God,

12 and said, “Amen. Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and might and strength be to our God throughout the durations of the ages. Amen.”

13 Then one of the elders engaged me, and said to me, “These who are clothed in white garments, who are they, and where have they come from?”

14 And I said to him, “My lord, you know.” Then he said to me, “These are those who came out of the great tribulation and washed their garments and whitened them in the blood of the lamb.

15 On account of this they are before the throne of God and serve him night and day in his sanctuary, and he who sits on the throne will dwell with them.

16 They will no longer hunger, or thirst any longer, nor will the sunlight fall on them at all, nor any scorching heat,

17 for the lamb which is in the middle of the throne is a shepherd to them, and guides them to the sources of waters of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

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1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, it went silent in heaven for about half an hour.

2 And I saw the seven angels who were standing in God's presence, and they were given seven trumpets.

3 And another angel came and stood on the altar, holding a golden censer, and he was given much incense, in order that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints at the golden altar which was before the throne,

4 and the smoke of the incense went up with the prayers of the saints out of the hand of the angel in the presence of God.

5 And the angel took the censer and filled it from the fire of the altar and cast it to the earth. Then there were thunderclaps and voices and lightning flashes and an earthquake.

6 And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.

7 Then the first one sounded the trumpet, and hail came, and fire mixed with blood, and it was cast to the earth, and one third of the earth was burned up, and one third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

8 Then the second angel sounded the trumpet, and a kind of large burning mountain was cast into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.

9 And one third of the creatures which have life in the sea died and one third of ships were wrecked.

10 Then the third angel sounded the trumpet, and a great star burning like a lamp fell out of the sky, and fell on one third of the rivers, and on the sources of water.

11 And the name of the star is Wormwood, and one third of the water became wormwood. And many men died from the water, because it had been made bitter.

12 Then the fourth angel sounded the trumpet, and one third of the sun and one third of the moon and one third of the stars were struck so that one third of them should become dark, and for a third of the time the day should not have light, and likewise the night.

13 And I looked, and heard an eagle flying overhead, saying in a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth after the remaining soundings of the trumpet of the three angels who are going to sound the trumpet.”

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1 Then the fifth angel sounded the trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen out of the sky to the earth. Then he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss,

2 and he opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke up came out of the shaft, like the smoke of a burning furnace, and the sun was darkened, as was the air, by the smoke of the shaft.

3 Then locusts came out of the smoke to the earth, and they were given authority as the scorpions of the earth have authority,

4 but they were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any greenery or any tree, nothing except the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

5 But it was not granted to them to kill them, but for them to be tormented for five months. Now their torment is like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man,

6 and in those days men will seek death, but they will not find it at all, and they will long to die, but death will escape them.

7 And the appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for war, and on their heads were kinds of golden crowns, and their faces were like the faces of men,

8 and they had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.

9 Furthermore they had breast-plates like iron breast-plates, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of many horse-drawn chariots running into battle.

10 And they had tails like scorpions with stings, and in their tails they had authority to harm men for five months.

11 They had a king over them – the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebraic is Abbaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

12 The first woe has passed. Behold, two more woes are coming after these things.

13 Then the sixth angel sounded the trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God

14 say to the sixth angel which had had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river, the Euphrates.”

15 So the four angels who had been prepared for the hour and for the day and month and year were released, in order that they should kill one third of men.

16 And the number of the cavalry troops was one hundred million. I heard the number of them.

17 And this is how in the vision I saw the horses and those seated on them: they had fiery and violet and sulphurous breast-plates, and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and fire and smoke and sulphur came out of their mouths.

18 One third of men were killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the sulphur which came out of their mouths.

19 For the instrument of authority of the horses is in their mouth and in their tails. For their tails are like serpents, having heads, and they do harm with them.

20 But the rest of men, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship the demons and the golden and silver and bronze and stone and wooden idols, which can neither see nor hear nor walk around.

21 And they did not repent of their murders, or of their sorceries, or of their fornication, or of their thefts.

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1 Then I saw a mighty angel descending from heaven, clothed in a cloud, with an iridescent sheen on his head, while his face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

2 And he had in his hand an open book, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left one on land,

3 and he cried out in a loud voice, as when a lion roars. And when he had cried out, the seven thunders uttered their sounds.

4 Then when the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to write it down. But I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up the things that the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them down.”

5 Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted his right hand up towards heaven,

6 and swore by him who lives throughout the durations of the ages, who created heaven and the things in it and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there would no longer be any delay,

7 but that these things would take place in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he proceeds to sound the trumpet, and the mystery of God has been completed, as he proclaimed to his servants the prophets.

8 Then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke with me again and said, “Go and take the book which is open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on land.”

9 So I set off to the angel to tell him to give me the book, and he said to me, “Take it and consume it, and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”

10 So I took the book from the hand of the angel and consumed it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.

11 Then they said to me, “You must prophesy again concerning many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”

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1 And I was given a reed like a staff, and he said, “Arise and measure the sanctuary of God and the altar and those who worship in it,

2 but omit the courtyard outside the sanctuary, and do not measure it, because it is given to the Gentiles, and they will trample on the holy city for forty-two months.

3 Then I will empower my two witnesses and they will prophesy for one thousand two hundred and sixty days clothed in sack-cloth.

4 These are the two olive trees and the two lamp-stands which stand before the Lord of the earth.

5 And if anyone wishes to harm them, fire will come out of their mouth and devour their enemies. So if anyone wishes to harm them, he must be killed in this way.

6 These have authority to shut up the sky so that no rain falls for the duration of their prophecy, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they wish.

7 And when they complete their testimony, the beast who will come up out of the abyss will wage war on them and will overcome them and will kill them.

8 And their corpses will lie on the street of the great city which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where indeed their Lord was crucified.

9 And folk from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will see their corpses for three and a half days, and will not permit their corpses to be put in a tomb.

10 And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, and will be glad, and will give gifts to each other because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.”

11 Then after the three and a half days the spirit of life from God entered them and they stood up on their feet, while a great fear fell on those watching them.

12 Then I heard a loud voice from heaven say to them, “Come up here.” And they went up into heaven in a cloud while their enemies watched them.

13 And on that day a great earthquake took place, and a tenth of the city collapsed, and seven thousand people in the population were killed in the earthquake, while the remainder became fearful and gave glory to the God of heaven.

14 The second woe departed. As for the third woe, behold, it is coming quickly.

15 Then the seventh angel sounded the trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, and they said, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and his Christ, and he will reign throughout the durations of the ages.”

16 Then the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before the throne of God fell face down and worshipped God,

17 and said, “We give you thanks, Lord God the almighty, who is and who was, because you have taken up your great power and started to reign.”

18 At this the Gentiles became angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged and to give your servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear your name, those small and great, their reward, and to destroy those who are destroying the earth.

19 Then the sanctuary of God, which is in heaven, was opened, and the ark of the Lord's covenant in his sanctuary appeared, and lightning flashes and voices and thunderclaps and a heavy hailstorm took place,

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1 and a great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed in the sun, while the moon was below her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars.

2 Now she was with child, and she was crying out, being with pains of labour and in the agony of giving birth.

3 Then another sign appeared in the sky, and there was a large fiery dragon which had seven heads and ten horns, with seven diadems on its heads.

4 And its tail swept one third of the stars of the sky aside and cast them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth in order to devour her child when she had given birth.

5 And she bore a son, a male, who was destined to tend all the nations with a rod of iron. Then her child was carried off to God and to his throne.

6 And the woman fled into the desert where she had a place prepared by God in order to feed her there for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.

7 Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels were to fight against the dragon, and the dragon fought them, as did his angels,

8 but he did not prevail, nor was room found for him in heaven any longer.

9 And the great dragon, the old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who leads the whole world astray, was cast down. He was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven which said, “Now salvation has come about, as have the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ, because the accuser of our brothers, who used to accuse them before our God day and night, has been cast down.”

11 And they overcame him by virtue of the blood of the lamb and by virtue of the word of their testimony, when they did not love their life, maintaining that up to death.

12 On account of this, “Rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, harbouring great wrath, knowing that he has little time.”

13 And when the dragon saw that he had been cast down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who had given birth to the male child.

14 But the woman was given a pair of a great eagle's wings, in order to fly into the desert, to her place, in order to be fed there for a time, and times, and half a time, away from the presence of the serpent.

15 Then the serpent spewed water like a river out of its mouth, chasing after the woman, in order to get her swept away by the river.

16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.

17 Then the dragon became angry with the woman, and went away to wage war on the remainder of her seed, those who keep the commandments of God and who have the testimony of Jesus.

13

1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea and I saw a beast come up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.

2 Now the beast whom I saw was like a leopard, but his feet were like those of a bear, whereas his mouth was like the mouth of a lion, and the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority.

3 And one of his heads was apparently fatally struck, but his fatal blow was healed, and the whole earth marvelled at the beast.

4 And they worshipped the dragon who had given the authority to the beast, and worshipped the beast and said, “Who is like the beast? And who can go to war against him?”

5 Also, he was given a mouth speaking presumptuous things and blasphemy and he was given authority to wage war for forty-two months.

6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle – those who dwell in heaven.

7 And he was granted to wage war against the saints and to defeat them, and he was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

8 And all those who dwell on the earth will worship him, those whose name is not written in the book of life of the lamb slain since the overthrow of the world.

9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear.

10 If anyone lives in captivity, he will go free. If anyone kills by the sword, he must be killed by the sword. This is the patience and the faith of the saints.

11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like those of a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon,

12 and he exercised all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he made the earth and those who dwell in it worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.

13 Moreover he performed great signs, and made fire come down from the sky onto the earth in the presence of men.

14 And he led those of mine who dwell on the earth astray by the signs which he was granted to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had received the strike but lived after the sword strike.

15 And he was granted to impart a spirit to the image of the beast so that the image of the beast should both speak and cause any who did not worship the image of the beast to be put to death.

16 And he forced everyone, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, the free and bond-servants, to be given marks on their right hand or on their forehead,

17 and he enforced that no-one should be able to buy or sell unless he has the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18 Here is wisdom. He who is sharp-witted, let him calculate the number of the beast. For it is the number of man, and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.

14

1 Then I looked and there was the lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand in number having his name and the name of his father written on their foreheads.

2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of much water, and like the sound of loud thunder. And the sound which I heard was like harpists playing their harps.

3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living beings and the elders. And no-one could learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.

4 These are those who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from men as a firstfruit to God and the lamb.

5 And no falsehood was found in their mouth, for they are without blemish.

6 Then I saw an angel flying overhead, having an age-abiding gospel to preach to those dwelling on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people,

7 saying in a loud voice, “Fear the Lord and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come. And worship who who made heaven and the earth and the sea and the sources of water.”

8 Then another, a second angel, followed and said, “Babylon the great has fallen. It made all the nations drink from the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”

9 Then another angel, a third one, followed them and said in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast or his image, or takes a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

10 then he will drink from the wine of the wrath of God, poured undiluted in the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented by fire and sulphur before the holy angels and before the lamb.

11 And the smoke of their torment will ascend throughout the durations of the ages, and those who worship the beast or his image, or anyone who takes the mark of his name, have no rest day or night.”

12 This is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ The spirit says, ‘Yes, let them rest from their toilings, but their works go along with them.’ ”

14 And I looked, and there was a white cloud, and on the cloud I saw someone with the appearance of the son of man sitting, having a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.

15 And another angel went out of the sanctuary, crying out in a loud voice to the one sitting on the cloud, “Thrust in your sickle and reap, because the time of reaping has come, because the harvest of the earth has become dry.”

16 Then he who was sitting on the cloud thrust his sickle into the earth and the earth was reaped.

17 Then another angel went out of the sanctuary which is in heaven, he too having a sharp sickle.

18 And another angel went out of the altar, having authority over fire, and he called with a loud shout to the one who had the sharp sickle and said, “Thrust in your sharp sickle and harvest the grapes of the vine of the earth, because its grapes have ripened.”

19 So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and harvested the vine of the earth, and put it in the great wine-press of the wrath of God.

20 And the wine-press was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the wine-vat up to a horse's bridle height over a radius of one thousand six hundred stades.

15

1 Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and wondrous, seven angels who had the seven last plagues, because the wrath of God is concluded in them.

2 And I saw a kind of sea of glass mixed with fire, and I saw those who had been victorious over the beast and over his image and over the number of his name standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God,

3 and they sang the Song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the lamb, which reads, “Great and wondrous are your works, O Lord God almighty. Righteous and true are your ways, O king of the nations.

4 Who can possibly not fear you, O Lord, and not glorify your name? For you alone are holy, for all the nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous decrees have been made manifest.”

5 Then after these things I looked, and the sanctuary of the tabernacle of the testimony was opened in heaven,

6 and the seven angels who had the seven plagues went out of the sanctuary, and they were clothed in pure bright white linen and were girded around the breast with golden girdles,

7 and one of the four living beings gave the seven angels seven golden vials, full of the wrath of God who lives throughout the durations of the ages,

8 and the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no-one could enter into the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

16

1 Then I heard a loud voice from the sanctuary saying to the seven angels, “Depart and pour out the seven vials of the wrath of God on the earth.”

2 And the first one departed and poured his vial out on the earth. Then a noxious and troublesome ulcer plague came on those men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image.

3 Then the second angel poured his vial out on the sea, and it became blood as of someone dead, and every living soul in the sea died.

4 Then the third one poured his vial out on the rivers and on the water sources, and they became blood.

5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, “You are righteous, you who are and who were, you who are holy, because you have executed judgment in respect of these things.

6 Since they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, so you have given them blood to drink. Of this they are deserving.”

7 And I heard the altar say, “Yes, Lord God almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.”

8 Then the fourth angel poured his vial out on the sun, and he was granted to scorch men with fire,

9 and men were very severely scorched, and the men blasphemed the name of God who had authority over these plagues, but they did not repent by giving him glory.

10 Then the fifth one poured his vial out on the throne of the beast, at which his kingdom became darkened, and they bit their tongues from the distress,

11 and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their distress, and because of their ulcers, but did not repent of their works.

12 Then the sixth one poured his vial out on the great river, the Euphrates, and its water dried up, so that the way of the kings of the east should be prepared.

13 Then I saw three unclean spirits, like frogs, come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet,

14 for they are the spirits of demons which perform signs which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them to the war of that great day of God the almighty.

15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who watches out and keeps his clothes on, so that he does not walk around naked and they see his indecency.

16 And he gathered them in the place called in Hebraic Armageddon.

17 Then the seventh one poured his vial out on the air, and a loud voice came from the sanctuary of heaven from the throne, and said, “It has taken place.”

18 Then lightning flashes and thunderclaps and sounds took place, and a great earthquake such as had never taken place since when men came into existence on earth, so great was such a severe earthquake.

19 And the great city became split into three parts, and the cities of the Gentiles collapsed. Then Babylon the great was remembered before God by giving it the cup of the wine of the wrath of his anger.

20 And every island fled, and no mountains were to be found.

21 And a great hailstorm with stones weighing about a talent each came down from the sky on men. At this the men blasphemed God for the plague of the hail, because its impact was very severe.

17

1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven vials came and spoke with me and said, “Come here, I will show you the judgment on the great whore who sits on much water,

2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, while the inhabitants of the earth became drunk with the wine of her fornication.”

3 And he carried me away into the desert in the spirit, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, the beast being full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.

4 Now the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, gilded with gold and precious gemstones and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and the unclean things of her fornication,

5 and on her forehead a name was written, “Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of the Fornications and the Abominations of the Earth.”

6 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, with the blood of the witnesses to Jesus, and I marvelled with great wonder as I saw her.

7 Then the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast who is carrying her, who has the seven heads and the ten horns.

8 The beast whom you saw was, but is not, but is about to ascend out of the abyss and go away to destruction. And those dwelling on the earth will marvel, those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the overthrow of the world, when they see that the beast was and is not but will be present.

9 Here is understanding comprising wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits,

10 and they are seven kings. Five have fallen, one is in existence, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must remain for a short time.

11 And the beast who was, but is not, is itself both the eighth, and yet is of the seven, and will go away to destruction.

12 And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received their kingdom, but who will receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.

13 These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.

14 These will wage war on the lamb, but the lamb will overcome them, because he is the Lord of lords and king of kings, and those with him are called and elect and faithful.”

15 And he said to me, “The water which you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

16 And as for the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the whore and make her desolate and make her naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her up with fire.

17 For God has put it in their hearts to carry out his purpose, and to make them unanimous, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.

18 And the woman whom you saw is the great city which has a kingdom over the kings of the earth.”

18

1 After these things I saw another angel descending from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was lit up by his glory,

2 and he cried out in a strong voice and said, “Babylon the great has fallen, and it has become an abode of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit and a prison of every unclean and detested bird,

3 because all the nations have fallen because of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the kings of the earth have fornicated with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich from the profitability of her wantonness.”

4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say, “My people, get out of her, so that you don't become party to her sins, and so you don't receive any of her plagues,

5 because her sins have amassed themselves up to heaven and God has remembered her unrighteous deeds.

6 Requite her as she for her part requited others, and pay her back double according to her works. In the cup in which she made a mixture, mix her double.

7 Give her the equivalent torment and mourning of the extent to which she glorified herself and lived voluptuously, for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen and I am not a widow and I will never see mourning.’

8 This is why her plagues will come in one day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire, for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.

9 And the kings of the earth who committed fornication with her and lived voluptuously will weep, and mourn for her, when they see the smoke of her being burnt,

10 as they stand at a distance for fear of her torment and say, ‘Alas, alas, O great city of Babylon, O mighty city, for your judgment came in one hour.’

11 And the merchants of the earth will bewail her and mourn for her, for no-one will buy their merchandise any more,

12 merchandise of gold and silver and precious gemstones and pearls and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all fragrant cedar wood, and every ivory vessel and every vessel of most precious wood, and of copper and iron and marble,

13 and cinnamon and incense and ointment and frankincense and wine and olive oil, and fine wheat flour and wheat and sheep and cattle and horses and carriages and slaves and trafficked people.

14 And the fruit which you longed for has become unavailable to you, and all the luxurious and splendid things are lost to you, and you will certainly not find them any more.

15 The merchants in these things who became rich from her will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, wailing and mourning,

16 and say, ‘Alas, alas for the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and gilded in gold and precious gemstones and pearls,

17 for in one hour such great wealth was made valueless.’ And every helmsman and every passenger, and sailors, and whoever has seafaring work, stood at a distance,

18 and they cried out as they saw the smoke of her being burnt, and said, ‘What city is comparable to the great city?’

19 And they threw dust on their heads and cried out wailing and mourning and saying, ‘Alas, alas, for the great city, by which all those who had boats on the sea became rich from her profitability, because she was made desolate in one hour.’

20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and you apostles and you prophets, because God has passed judgment in your favour against her.”

21 Then one strong angel lifted up a stone like a large millstone, and cast it into the sea, and said, “In this way Babylon the great city will be cast away with a heave and will not be found any more at all.

22 And no sound of harpists and musicians and flautists and trumpet-players will be heard in you any more at all, and no craftsmen of any craft will be found in you any more at all, nor will the sound of the mill ever be heard in you any more,

23 and no light of a lamp will shine in you any more at all, and no sound of a bridegroom and bride will be heard in you any more at all, because your merchants were the magnates of the earth, for all the nations were led astray by your sorcery.”

24 And in her the blood of the prophets and saints was found, and of all those slaughtered on the earth.

19

1 After these things I heard a loud sound like a large crowd in heaven, saying, “Alleluia, salvation and power and glory are characteristic of our God,

2 for his judgments are true and righteous, for he has judged the great whore, who brought the earth to ruin with her fornication, and he has avenged the blood of his servants which was shed at her instigation.”

3 And he said a second time, “Alleluia.” And her smoke will ascend throughout the durations of the ages.

4 Then the twenty-four elders and the four living beings fell down and worshipped God, who was sitting on the throne, and said, “Amen. Alleluia.”

5 And a voice went out from the throne and said, “Praise our God all you servants of his, and you who fear him, small and great.”

6 And I heard a voice as of a great crowd and a voice as of great waters and a voice as of mighty thunderclaps, which said, “Alleluia, for the Lord our God, the almighty, has started to reign.

7 Let us rejoice and be glad, and give the glory to him, because the marriage feast of the lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”

8 And she was granted to put on shining and pure fine linen, for fine linen stands for the righteous observances of the saints.

9 And he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who have been invited to the marriage feast of the lamb.’ ” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

10 And I fell down before his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Watch out that you do not do that. I am your fellow servant and am one of your brothers who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

11 Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse, and one who was sitting on it, called Faithful and True, and he judges and wages war in righteousness.

12 And his eyes were a fiery flame, and on his head were many diadems. He has names written, including a name written which no-one knows except himself,

13 and he was clothed in a garment dipped in blood, and his name was The Word of God.

14 And the armies in heaven were following him on white horses, clothed in fine white pure linen.

15 And out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword with which to strike the nations. And he himself will tend them with an iron rod, and he himself treads the wine-vat of the vine of the wrath of the anger of God the almighty.

16 And he has on his cloak and on his thigh a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

17 Then I saw an angel standing on the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice and said to all the birds that fly high overhead, “Come and gather together at the great supper of God,

18 to eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of cohort commanders and the flesh of the mighty and the flesh of horses and of those sitting on them, and the flesh of all, both free and in bond-service, and both small and great.”

19 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered to wage war on him who was sitting on the horse and on his army.

20 But the beast was seized, as was the false prophet with him, who performed the signs in his presence by which he deceived those who took the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which was burning with sulphur.

21 And the rest were killed by the sword of him who was sitting on the horse, the sword which came out of his mouth. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.

20

1 Then I saw an angel descending from heaven holding the key to the abyss with a great chain in his hand.

2 And he took hold of the dragon, the old serpent who is the devil and Satan, who leads the whole world astray, and bound him for a thousand years,

3 and cast him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it above him, so that he should not deceive the nations any more until the thousand years should be completed. Then after these things he must be released for a short time.

4 Then I saw thrones, and people were sitting on them, and they were invested with judgment, and I saw the souls of those beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus and on account of the word of God, and those who had not worshipped the beast or his image, and who had not taken the mark on their forehead or on their hand. Then they came to life and reigned with Christ for the thousand years.

5 But the rest of the dead did not live until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.

6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection; the second death has no authority over these, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

7 Then when the thousand years are completed Satan will be released from his prison,

8 and he will go out to lead astray the nations who are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them to the war, whose number is as the sand of the sea.

9 And they went through the breadth of the land, and surrounded the camp of the saints and the sanctified city. Then fire came down out of heaven from God and devoured them.

10 And the devil who led them astray was cast into the lake of fire and sulphur where the beast and the false prophet also are, and they will be tormented day and night throughout the durations of the ages.

11 And I saw a great white throne and him who sits on it, from whose presence the earth and heaven fled, and no place was found for them.

12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and the books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by the things written in the books according to their works.

13 And the sea gave up the dead in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead in them, and each one was judged according to his works.

14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

15 And if anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

21

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.

2 And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven say, “Behold, God's home is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and he will be God with them.

4 And he will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death, nor mourning, nor wailing, nor will there be any toil any more, for the former things will have passed away.”

5 And he who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I am making everything afresh.” And he said to me, “Write it down, for these words are true and faithful.”

6 And he said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him who is thirsty drink from the source of the water of life, freely.

7 He who overcomes will inherit these things and I will be God to him he will be a son to me.

8 But the fearful and unbelieving, and sinners and the abominated and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars have their part in the lake burning with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”

9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me and said, “Come, I will show you the wife, the bride of the lamb.”

10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great high mountain and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

11 having the glory of God. Its brilliance was like a most precious gemstone, like a jasper gem, as clear as crystal,

12 having a great and high wall, having twelve gates, and on the gates twelve angels, with names inscribed which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.

13 On the east, three gates, and on the north, three gates, and on the south, three gates, and on the west, three gates,

14 with the wall of the city having twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the lamb.

15 And he who spoke with me had a golden measuring reed for him to measure the city and its gates and its wall.

16 And the city was laid out square, and the length of it is as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed as twelve thousand and twelve stades; the length and the breadth and the height are equal.

17 And he measured its wall as one hundred and forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

18 And the construction of its wall was of jasper, and the city was of pure gold, like pure glass.

19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious gemstone. The first foundation was jasper; the second was sapphire; the third was chalcedony; the fourth was emerald;

20 the fifth was sardonyx; the sixth was sardius; the seventh was chrysolite; the eighth was beryl; the ninth was topaz; the tenth was chrysoprase; the eleventh was jacinth; the twelfth was amethyst.

21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates individually was from one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

22 And I saw no sanctuary in it, for the Lord God almighty is its sanctuary, as is the lamb.

23 And the city did not need the sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God illuminates it, and its lamp is the lamb.

24 And the nations will walk through its light, and the kings of the earth will bring into it to him the glory and honour of the nations.

25 And its gates will not be closed at all by day – for there will be no night there –

26 and they will bring the glory and honour of the nations to it.

27 And nothing profane or anyone committing an abomination or lie will enter into it at all, but rather those written in the book of life of the lamb.

22

1 And he showed me the pure river of water of life, as bright as crystal, issuing out of the throne of God and the lamb.

2 In the middle of its street, with the river on either side, was the tree of life, yielding twelve kinds of fruit every month, each yielding its fruit, whereas the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

3 And there will not be any curse any more, and the throne of God and the lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him.

4 And they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

5 And there will not be any night there, and they will not need a lamp or sunlight, because the Lord God will illuminate them, and they will reign throughout the durations of the ages.

6 And he said to me, “These words are faithful and true, and the Lord God of the spirits of the prophets has sent his angel to show his servants what must happen shortly.

7 And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

8 And I John am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who was showing me these things.

9 But he said to me, “Watch out that you do not do that. I am your fellow servant, and one of your brothers the prophets, and those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

10 And he said to me, “Do not seal up the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.

11 Let him who acts unjustly act all the more unjustly, and let him who is sordid act all the more sordidly, and let him who is righteous work all the more righteousness, and let him who is holy be all the more sanctified.

12 Behold, I am coming quickly, and my reward is with me, to give what is due to each one as his work proves to be.

13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

14 Blessed are those who carry out his commandments, so that the right to the tree of life may be theirs, and that they may enter the city by the gates.

15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the fornicators and the murderers and the idolaters and everyone who loves and perpetrates falsehood.”

16 “I Jesus have sent my angel to testify these things to you concerning the churches. I am the root and lineage of David, the bright morning star.

17 And the spirit and the bride say, ‘Come.’ And let him who hears say, ‘Come.’ And let him who is thirsty come; let him who wishes take the water of life freely.

18 I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book. If anyone adds to them, may God add to him the plagues written in this book.

19 And if anyone removes anything from the words of the book of this prophecy, may God remove his part from the tree of life and from the holy city – the things written in this book.”

20 He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming quickly.” Amen. Yes, come Lord Jesus.

21 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints. Amen.