About St. John The Book of Revelation
Book of Revelation
1:1This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which
God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen
soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant,
John, 1:2 who testified to God's word, and of the testimony of Jesus
Christ, about everything that he saw.
1:3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the
prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time
is at hand.
1:4 John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and
peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the
seven Spirits who are before his throne; 1:5 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; 1:6 and he made us to be a kingdom, priests to his
God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and
ever. Amen.
1:7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him,
including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will
mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and
who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
1:9 I John, your brother and partner with you in oppression, kingdom,
and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called
Patmos because of God's Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a
loud voice, as of a trumpet 1:11 saying, "What you see, write in a
book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum,
Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."
1:12 I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I
saw seven golden lampstands. 1:13 And in the midst of the lampstands
was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his
feet, and with a golden sash around his chest. 1:14 His head and his
hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame
of fire. 1:15 His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been
refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.
1:16 He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded
a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its
brightest. 1:17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man.
He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the
first and the last, 1:18 and the Living one. I was dead, and behold,
I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
1:19 Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things
which are, and the things which will happen hereafter; 1:20 the
mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the
seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven
assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies.
2:1 To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write:
"He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks in the
midst of the seven golden lampstands says these things:
2:2 "I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you
can't tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves
apostles, and they are not, and found them false. 2:3 You have
perseverance and have endured for my name's sake, and have not grown
weary. 2:4 But I have this against you, that you left your first
love. 2:5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent
and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will
move your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent. 2:6 But this
you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also
hate. 2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the
assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of
life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
2:8 "To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write:
"The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says
these things:
2:9 "I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are
rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they
are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 2:10 Don't be afraid of the
things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to
throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will
have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give
you the crown of life. 2:11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won't be harmed by
the second death.
2:12 "To the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write:
"He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
2:13 "I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is.
You hold firmly to my name, and didn't deny my faith in the days of
Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where
Satan dwells. 2:14 But I have a few things against you, because you
have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to
throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things
sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. 2:15 So you
also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans in the
same way. 2:16 Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly,
and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth. 2:17
He
who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I
will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written,
which no one knows but he who receives it.
2:18 "To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write:
"The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet
are like burnished brass, says these things:
2:19 I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance,
and that your last works are more than the first. 2:20 But I have
this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls
herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit
sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols. 2:21
I gave
her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual
immorality. 2:22 Behold, I will throw her into a bed, and those who
commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent
of her works. 2:23 I will kill her children with Death, and all the
assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts.
I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. 2:24 But to
you I say, to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as don't have
this teaching, who don't know what some call 'the deep things of
Satan,' to you I say, I am not putting any other burden on you.
2:25 Nevertheless that which you have, hold firmly until I come.
2:26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I
will give authority over the nations. 2:27 He will rule them with a
rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots; as I also have received
of my Father: 2:28 and I will give him the morning star. 2:29
He who
has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
3:1 "And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write:
He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these
things:
"I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but
you are dead. 3:2 Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you
were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours
perfected before my God. 3:3 Remember therefore how you have received
and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won't watch, I will
come as a thief, and you won't know what hour I will come upon you.
3:4 Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis that did not defile
their garments. They will walk with me in white, for they are
worthy. 3:5 He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I
will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will
confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. 3:6 He who
has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
3:7 "To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write:
"He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who
opens and no one can shut, and that shuts and no one opens, says
these things:
3:8 "I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door,
which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my
word, and didn't deny my name. 3:9 Behold, I give of the synagogue of
Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie.
Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and
to know that I have loved you. 3:10 Because you kept the word of my
patience, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that which
is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
3:11 I come quickly. Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one
takes your crown. 3:12 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in
the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will
write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God,
the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and
my own new name. 3:13 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
says to the assemblies.
3:14 "To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write:
"The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God's
creation, says these things: 3:15 "I know your works, that you are
neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. 3:16 So, because
you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of
my mouth. 3:17 Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches,
and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched
one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked; 3:18 I counsel you to buy
from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white
garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your
nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes,
that you may see. 3:19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be
zealous therefore, and repent. 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and
knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come
in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me. 3:21 He who
overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I
also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne. 3:22
He who
has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies."
4:1 After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and
the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was
one saying, "Come up here, and I will show you the things which must
happen after this."
4:2 Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set
in heaven, and one sitting on the throne 4:3 that looked like a
jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne,
like an emerald to look at. 4:4 Around the throne were twenty-four
thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in
white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads. 4:5 Out of the
throne proceed lightning's, sounds, and thunders. There were seven
lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits
of God. 4:6 Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, like
a crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were
four living creatures full of eyes before and behind. 4:7 The first
creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and
the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a
flying eagle. 4:8 The four living creatures, having each one of them
six wings, are full of eyes around about and within. They have no
rest day and night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God,
the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!"
4:9 When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him
who sits on the throne, to him 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, and throw their crowns
before the throne, saying, 4:11 "Worthy are you, our Lord and our
God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power,
for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed,
and were created!"
5:1 I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book
written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals. 5:2
I saw a
mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open
the book, and to break its seals?" 5:3 No one in heaven above, or on
the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look
in it. 5:4 And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open
the book, or to look in it. 5:5 One of the elders said to me, "Don't
weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of
David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals."
5:6 I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living
creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as
though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which
are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth. 5:7
Then
he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the
throne. 5:8 Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures
and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one
having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the
prayers of the saints. 5:9 They sang a new song, saying,
"You are worthy to take the book,
And to open its seals: For you were killed,
And bought us for God with your blood,
Out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
5:10 And made them kings and priests to our God,
And they reign on earth."
5:11 I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around
the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of
them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;
5:12 saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who has been
killed to receive the power, riches, wisdom, might, honor, glory,
and blessing!"
5:13 I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth,
under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, "To him
who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor,
the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen."
5:14 The four living creatures said, "Amen!" The elders fell down and
worshiped.
6:1 I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard
one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder,
"Come and see!" 6:2
And behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it
had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came forth conquering,
and to conquer.
6:3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living
creature saying, "Come!"
6:4 Another came forth, a red horse. To him
who sat on it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they
should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.
6:5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature
saying, "Come and see!" And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on
it had a balance in his hand. 6:6 I heard a voice in the midst of the
four living creatures saying, "A choenix of wheat for a denarius,
and three choenix of barley for a denarius! Don't damage the oil and
the wine!"
6:7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living
creature saying, "Come and see!"
6:8 And behold, a pale horse, and he
who sat on him, his name was Death. Hades followed with him.
Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with
famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given
to him.
6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the
souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the
testimony of the Lamb which they had. 6:10 They cried with a loud
voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, do you not
judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"
6:11 A
long white robe was given them. They were told that they should rest
yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who
would also be killed even as they were, completed their course.
6:12 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great
earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the
whole moon became as blood.
6:13 The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping
its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind. 6:14 The sky was
removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and
island were moved out of their places. 6:15 The kings of the earth,
the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and
every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the
rocks of the mountains. 6:16 They told the mountains and the rocks,
"Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the
throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 6:17 for the great day of his
wrath has come; and who is able to stand?"
7:1 After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the
earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would
blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree. 7:2 I saw another
angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He
cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to
harm the earth and the sea, 7:3 saying, "Don't harm the earth,
neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the
bondservants of our God on their foreheads!" 7:4
I heard the number
of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed
out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
7:5 Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand,
Of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand,
Of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,
7:6 Of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand,
Of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand,
Of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,
7:7 Of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand,
Of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand,
Of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,
7:8 Of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand,
Of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand,
Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
7:9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which
no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples,
and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb,
dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. 7:10
They
cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be to our God, who sits
on the throne, and to the Lamb!"
7:11 All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and
the four living creatures; and they fell before his throne on their
faces, and worshiped God, 7:12 saying, "Amen! Blessing, glory,
wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever
and ever! Amen."
7:13 One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed
in white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?"
7:14 I told him, "My lord, you know."
He said to me, "These are those who came out of the great
tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the
Lamb's blood. 7:15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, they
serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne
will spread his tent over them. 7:16
They will never be hungry,
neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any
heat; 7:17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds
them, and leads them to living springs of waters. God will wipe away
every tear from their eyes."
8:1 When he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in
heaven for about half an hour. 8:2 I saw the seven angels who stand
before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 8:3 Another angel
came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer. Much incense
was given to him, that he should add it to the prayers of all the
saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. 8:4 The smoke
of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God
out of the angel's hand. 8:5 The angel took the censer, and he filled
it with the fire of the altar, and threw it on the earth. There
followed thunders, sounds, lightning, and an earthquake.
8:6 The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves
to sound. 8:7 The first sounded, and there followed hail and fire,
mixed with blood, and they were thrown on the earth. One third of
the earth was burnt up, and one third of the trees were burnt up,
and all green grass was burnt up.
8:8 The second angel sounded, and something like a great burning
mountain was thrown into the sea. One third of the sea became blood,
8:9 and one third of the creatures which were in the sea died, those
who had life. One third of the ships were destroyed.
8:10 The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from the sky,
burning like a torch, and it fell on one third of the rivers, and on
the springs of the waters. 8:11 The name of the star is called
"Wormwood." One third of the waters became wormwood. Many men died
from the waters, because they were made bitter.
8:12 The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck,
and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one
third of them would be darkened, and the day wouldn't shine for one
third of it, and the night in the same way. 8:13 I saw, and I heard
an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe! Woe!
Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other voices of
the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!"
9:1 The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky fallen to
the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him. 9:2
He
opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like
the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened
because of the smoke from the pit. 9:3 Then out of the smoke came
forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the
scorpions of the earth have power. 9:4 They were told that they
should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing,
neither any tree, but only those men who don't have God's seal on
their foreheads. 9:5 They were given power not to kill them, but to
torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of
a scorpion, when it strikes a man. 9:6 In those days men will seek
death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and
death will flee from them. 9:7 The shapes of the locusts were like
horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden
crowns, and their faces were like men's faces. 9:8 They had hair like
women's hair, and their teeth were like those of lions. 9:9 They had
breastplates, like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings
was like the sound of chariots, or of many horses rushing to war.
9:10 They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their
tails they have power to harm men for five months. 9:11 They have
over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is "Abaddon,"
but in Greek, he has the name "Apollyon." 9:12
The first woe is past.
Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.
9:13 The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the
golden altar which is before God, 9:14 saying to the sixth angel who
had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great
river Euphrates!"
9:15 The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour
and day and month and year, so that they would kill one third of
mankind. 9:16 The number of the armies of the horsemen was two
hundred million. I heard the number of them. 9:17 Thus I saw the
horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates
of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of
lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur. 9:18
By
these three plagues were one third of mankind killed: by the fire,
the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded 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, and have heads, and with
them they harm. 9:20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed with
these plagues, didn't repent of the works of their hands, that they
wouldn't worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and
of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor
hear, nor walk. 9:21 They didn't repent of their murders, nor of
their sorceries, nor of their sexual immorality, nor of their
thefts.
10:1 I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a
cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his
feet like pillars of fire. 10:2 He had in his hand a little book
open. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land.
10:3 He cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. When he cried, the
seven thunders uttered their voices. 10:4 When the seven thunders
sounded, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky
saying, "Seal up the things which the seven thunders said, and don't
write them."
10:5 The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted
up his right hand to the sky, 10:6 and swore by him who lives forever
and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the
earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that
are in it, that there will no longer be delay, 10:7 but in the days
of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then
the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the
prophets. 10:8 The voice which I heard from heaven, again speaking
with me, said, "Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the
angel who stands on the sea and on the land."
10:9 I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book.
He said to me, "Take it, and eat it up. It will make your belly
bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey."
10:10 I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up.
It was as sweet as honey in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my belly
was made bitter. 10:11 They told me, "You must prophesy again over
many peoples, nations, languages, and kings."
11:1 A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, "Rise, and
measure God's temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.
11:2 Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't
measure it, for it has been given to the gentiles. They will tread
the holy city under foot for forty-two months. 11:3 I will give power
to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred
sixty days, clothed in sackcloth." 11:4 These are the two olive trees
and the two lamp stands, standing before the Lord of the earth.
11:5 If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth
and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must
be killed in this way. 11:6 These have the power to shut up the sky,
that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have
power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the
earth with every plague, as often as they desire. 11:7 When they have
finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss
will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them. 11:8
Their
dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which
spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was
crucified. 11:9 From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and
nations people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half
days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.
11:10 Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will
be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two
prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth. 11:11 After the
three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into
them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw
them. 11:12 I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up
here!" They went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw
them. 11:13 In that day there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of
the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake,
and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
11:14 The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe comes quickly.
11:15 The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed,
saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our
Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"
11:16 The twenty-four elders, who sit before God's throne on their
thrones, fell on their faces and worshiped God, 11:17 saying: "We
give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was;
because you have taken your great power, and reigned. 11:18
The
nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the
dead to be judged, and to give your servants the prophets, their
reward, as well as the saints, and those who fear your name, the
small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth."
11:19 God's temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the
Lord's covenant was seen in his temple. Lightning's, sounds,
thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.
12:1 A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun,
and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve
stars. 12:2 She was with child. She cried out, laboring and in pain,
giving birth. 12:3 Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great
red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven
crowns. 12:4 His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and
threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was
about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her
child. 12:5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all
the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God, and
to his throne. 12:6 The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has
a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one
thousand two hundred sixty days.
12:7 There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the
dragon. The dragon and his angels made war. 12:8 They didn't prevail,
neither was a place found for him any more in heaven. 12:9 The great
dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil
and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to
the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 12:10 I heard a
loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power,
and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the
accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them
before our God day and night. 12:11
They overcame him because of the
Lamb's blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They
didn't love their life, even to death. 12:12
Therefore rejoice,
heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea,
because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing
that he has but a short time."
12:13 When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he
persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. 12:14 Two
wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly
into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for
a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
12:15 The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like
a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
12:16 The earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and
swallowed up the river which the dragon spewed out of his mouth.
12:17 The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war
with the rest of her seed, who keep God's commandments and hold
Jesus' testimony.
13:1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out
of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten
crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names. 13:2 The beast which I
saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and
his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power,
his throne, and great authority. 13:3 One of his heads looked like it
had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound was healed, and the whole
earth marveled at the beast. 13:4 They worshiped the dragon, because
he gave his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast,
saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?"
13:5 A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him.
Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him. 13:6
He
opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name,
and his dwelling, those who dwell in heaven. 13:7 It was given to him
to make war with the saints, and to overcome them. Authority over
every tribe, people, language, and nation was given to him. 13:8
All
who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not
been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of
the Lamb who has been killed. 13:9 If anyone has an ear, let him
hear. 13:10 If anyone has captivity, he goes away. If anyone is with
the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of
the saints.
13:11 I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two
horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon. 13:12 He exercises all
the authority of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth
and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal
wound was healed. 13:13 He performs great signs, even making fire
come down out of the sky on the earth in the sight of men. 13:14
He
deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs
which it was given to him to do in front of the beast; saying to
those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the
beast who had the sword wound and lived. 13:15 It was given to him to
give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the
beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn't worship the
image of the beast to be killed. 13:16 He causes all, the small and
the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, so
that they should give them marks on their right hand, or on their
forehead; 13:17 and that no one would be able to buy or to sell,
unless he has that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his
name. 13:18 Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him
calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.
His number is six hundred sixty-six.
14:1 I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him
a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the
name of his Father, written on their foreheads. 14:2 I heard a sound
from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a
great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpers
playing on their harps. 14:3 They sing a new song before the throne,
and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could
learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who
had been redeemed out of the earth. 14:4 These are those who were not
defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow
the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among
men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb. 14:5 In their mouth was
found no lie, for they are blameless.
14:6 I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal gospel to
proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation,
tribe, language, and people. 14:7He said with a loud voice, "Fear
the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come.
Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs
of waters!"
14:8 Another, a second angel, followed, saying, "Babylon the great
has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of
the wrath of her sexual immorality."
14:9 Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great
voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a
mark on his forehead, or on his hand, 14:10
he also will drink of the
wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of
his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence
of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. 14:11
The smoke
of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and
night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever
receives the mark of his name. 14:12
Here is the patience of the
saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of
Jesus."
14:13 I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the
dead who die in the Lord from now on."
"Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for
their works follow with them."
14:14 I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud one
sitting like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in
his hand a sharp sickle. 14:15 Another angel came out from the
temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Send
forth your sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the
harvest of the earth is ripe!" 14:16 He who sat on the cloud thrust
his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
14:17 Another angel came out from the temple which is in heaven. He
also had a sharp sickle. 14:18 Another angel came out from the altar,
he who has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him
who had the sharp sickle, saying, "Send forth your sharp sickle, and
gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth's grapes
are fully ripe!" 14:19 The angel thrust his sickle into the earth,
and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great
winepress of the wrath of God. 14:20 The winepress was trodden
outside of the city, and blood came out from the winepress, even to
the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.
15:1 I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels
having the seven last plagues, for in them God's wrath is finished.
15:2 I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those
who overcame the beast, and his image, and the number of his name,
standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God. 15:3 They sang the
song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
"Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty;
Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
15:4 Who wouldn't fear you, Lord,
And glorify your name?
For you only are holy.
For all the nations will come and worship before you.
For your righteous acts have been revealed.
15:5 After these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of
the testimony in heaven was opened. 15:6 The seven angels who had the
seven plagues came out, clothed with pure, bright linen, and wearing
golden sashes around their breasts.
15:7 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 The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from
his power. No one was able to enter into the temple, until the seven
plagues of the seven angels would be finished.
16:1 I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven
angels, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the
earth!"
16:2 The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it
became a harmful and evil sore on the men who had the mark of the
beast, and who worshiped his image.
16:3 The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became
blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.
16:4 The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of
water, and it became blood. 16:5 I heard the angel of the waters
saying, "You are righteous, who are and who were, you Holy One,
because you judged this way. 16:6
For they poured out the blood of
the saints and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink.
They deserve this." 16:7 I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God,
the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments."
16:8 The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to
him to scorch men with fire. 16:9 People were scorched with great
heat, and people blasphemed the name of God who has the power over
these plagues. They didn't repent and give him glory.
16:10 The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and
his kingdom was darkened. They gnawed their tongues because of the
pain, 16:11 and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their
pains and their sores. They didn't repent of their works.
16:12 The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the
Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be made ready
for the kings that come from the sunrise. 16:13 I saw coming out of
the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out
of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something
like frogs; 16:14 for they are spirits of demons, performing signs;
which go forth to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather
them together for the war of that great day of God, the Almighty.
16:15 "Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and
keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his
shame." 16:16 He gathered them together into the place which is
called in Hebrew, Megiddo.
16:17 The seventh poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came
forth out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, "It is
done!" 16:18 There were lightning's, sounds, and thunders; and there
was a great earthquake, such as was not since there were men on the
earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty. 16:19 The great city was
divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell.
Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give to her
the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. 16:20 Every
island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 16:21 Great
hailstones, about the weight of a talent, came down out of the sky
on men. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for
this plague is exceedingly severe.
17:1 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke
with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the judgment of the
great prostitute who sits on many waters, 17:2 with whom the kings of
the earth committed sexual immorality, and those who dwell in the
earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality."
17:3 He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a
woman sitting on a scarlet-colored animal, full of blasphemous
names, having seven heads and ten horns. 17:4 The woman was dressed
in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and
pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the
impurities of the sexual immorality of the earth. 17:5 And on her
forehead a name was written, "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER
OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
17:6 I saw
the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood
of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great
amazement. 17:7 The angel said to me, "Why do you wonder? I will tell
you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her,
which has the seven heads and the ten horns. 17:8 The beast that you
saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and
to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth will wonder,
whose name has not been written in the book of life from the
foundation of the world, when they see that the beast was, and is
not, and will pe present. 17:9 Here is the mind that has wisdom. The
seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits. 17:10
They
are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, the other has not yet
come. When he comes, he must continue a little while. 17:11 The beast
that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the
seven; and he goes to destruction. 17:12 The ten horns that you saw
are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive
authority as kings, with the beast, for one hour. 17:13 These have
one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
17:14 These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome
them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings. They also will
overcome who are with him, called and chosen and faithful." 17:15
He
said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits,
are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages. 17:16
The ten horns
which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute, and
will make her desolate, and will make her naked, and will eat her
flesh, and will burn her utterly with fire. 17:17
For God has put in
their hearts to do what he has in mind, and to come to unity of
mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God
should be accomplished. 17:18
The woman whom you saw is the great
city, which reigns over the kings of the earth."
18:1 After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of the
sky, having great authority. The earth was illuminated with his
glory. 18:2 He cried with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen is
Babylon the great, and has become a habitation of demons, and a
prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and
hateful bird! 18:3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the
wrath of her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed
sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich
from the abundance of her luxury."
18:4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come forth, my
people, out of her, that you have no participation in her sins, and
that you don't receive of her plagues, 18:5 for her sins have reached
to the sky, and God has remembered her iniquities. 18:6 Return to her
just as she returned, and double back doubles as she did, and
according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her
double. 18:7 However much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so
much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, 'I
sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.'
18:8 Therefore in one day her plagues will come: death, mourning, and
famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire; for the Lord God
who has judged her is strong. 18:9 The kings of the earth, who
committed sexual immorality and lived wantonly with her, will weep
and wail over her, when they look at the smoke of her burning,
18:10standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying, 'Woe,
woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has
come in one hour.' 18:11 The merchants of the earth weep and mourn
over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more;
18:12 merchandise of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine
linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive wood, every vessel of
ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and
iron, and marble; 18:13 and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense,
wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, bodies,
and people's souls. 18:14 The fruits which your soul lusted after
have been lost to you, and all things that were dainty and sumptuous
have perished from you, and you will find them no more at all.
18:15 The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, will
stand far away for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;
18:16 saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, she who was dressed in fine
linen, purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones
and pearls! 18:17 For in an hour such great riches are made
desolate.' Every shipmaster, and everyone who sails anywhere, and
mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,
18:18 and cried out as they looked at the smoke of her burning,
saying, 'What is like the great city?' 18:19 They cast dust on their
heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great
city, in which all who had their ships in the sea were made rich by
reason of her great wealth!' For in one hour is she made desolate.
18:20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets;
for God has judged your judgment on her." 18:21 A mighty angel took
up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying,
"Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down,
and will be found no more at all. 18:22 The voice of harpers and
minstrels and flute players and trumpeters will be heard no more at
all in you. No craftsman, of whatever craft, will be found any more
at all in you. The sound of a mill will be heard no more at all in
you. 18:23 The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The
voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at
all in you; for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for
with your sorcery all the nations were deceived. 18:24 In her was
found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been
slain on the earth."
19:1 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a
great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation, power,
and glory belong to our God: 19:2 for true and righteous are his
judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the
earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of
his servants at her hand."
19:3 A second said, "Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever."
19:4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down
and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, "Amen!
Hallelujah!"
19:5 A voice came forth from the throne, saying, "Give praise to our
God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the
great!"
19:6 I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like
the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders,
saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!
19:7 Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the
glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife
has made herself ready." 19:8 It was given to her that she would
array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the
righteous acts of the saints.
19:9 He said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the
marriage supper of the Lamb.'" He said to me, "These are true words
of God."
19:10 I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me,
"Look! Don't do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your
brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the
testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy."
19:11 I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who
sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges
and makes war. 19:12 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head
are many crowns. He has names written and a name written which no
one knows but he himself. 19:13 He is clothed in a garment sprinkled
with blood. His name is called "The Word of God." 19:14
The armies
which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in white,
pure, fine linen. 19:15 Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp,
double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He
will rule them with a rod of iron. He treads the winepress of the
fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty. 19:16 He has on his
garment and on his thigh a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF
LORDS."
19:17 I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice,
saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, "Come! Be gathered
together to the great supper of God, 19:18 that you may eat the flesh
of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the
flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all
men, both free and slave, and small and great." 19:19 I saw the
beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered
together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against
his army. 19:20 The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet
who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who
had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his
image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns
with sulfur. 19:21 The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat
on the horse, the sword which came forth out of his mouth. All the
birds were filled with their flesh.
20:1 I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the
abyss and a great chain in his hand. 20:2 He seized the dragon, the
old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole
inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years, 20:3 and cast
him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he
should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were
finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time. 20:4I saw
thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw
the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus,
and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor
his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on
their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for the thousand
years. 20:5 The rest of the dead didn't live until the thousand years
were finished. This is the first resurrection. 20:6 Blessed and holy
is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second
death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ,
and will reign with him one thousand years.
20:7 And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his
prison, 20:8and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in
the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them
together to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
20:9 They went up over the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the
camp of the saints, and the beloved city. Fire came down out of
heaven from God, and devoured them. 20:10 The devil who deceived them
was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the
false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever
and ever.
20:11 I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose
face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place
for them. 20:12 I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing
before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened,
which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things
which were written in the books, according to their works. 20:13
The
sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades gave up the
dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his
works. 20:14 Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This
is the second death, the lake of fire. 20:15 If anyone was not found
written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
21:1 I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the
first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. 21:2 I saw the
holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made
ready like a bride adorned for her husband. 21:3 I heard a loud voice
out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with men, and he
will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself
will be with them as their God. 21:4 He will wipe away from them
every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will
there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things
have passed away."
21:5 He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things
new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and
true." 21:6 He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty
from the spring of the water of life. 21:7
He who overcomes, I will
give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.
21:8 But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable,
murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars,
their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is
the second death."
21:9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden
with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying,
"Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb's bride."
21:10 He
carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and
showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from
God, 21:11 having the glory of God. Her light was like a most
precious stone, as if it was a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
21:12 having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the
gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are the names
of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. 21:13 On the east
were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south
three gates; and on the west three gates. 21:14 The wall of the city
had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve
Apostles of the Lamb. 21:15 He who spoke with me had for a measure, a
golden reed, to measure the city, its gates, and its walls. 21:16
The
city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its breadth. He
measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its
length, breadth, and height are equal. 21:17 Its wall is one hundred
forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
21:18 The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure
gold, like pure 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,
chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst.
21:21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was
made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like
transparent glass. 21:22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the
Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple. 21:23 The city has no need
for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of
God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb. 21:24 The nations will
walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor
of the nations into it. 21:25 Its gates will in no way be shut by day
(for there will be no night there), 21:26 and they shall bring the
glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter.
21:27 There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who
causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in
the Lamb's book of life.
22:1 He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal,
proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, 22:2 in the
midst of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the
tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit
every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the
nations. 22:3 There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and
of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants serve him. 22:4 They will
see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 22:5 There
will be no night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will
illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.
22:6 He said to me, "These words are faithful and true. The Lord God
of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his
bondservants the things which must happen soon."
22:7 "Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of
the prophecy of this book."
22:8 Now I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I
heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel
who had shown me these things. 22:9 He said to me, "See you don't do
it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers, the
prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship
God." 22:10 He said to me, "Don't seal up the words of the prophecy
of this book, for the time is at hand. 22:11 He who acts unjustly,
let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy
still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who
is holy, let him be holy still."
22:12 "Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each
man according to his work. 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the
First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. 22:14 Blessed are
those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the
tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
22:15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the
murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices
falsehood. 22:16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things
to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David;
the Bright and Morning Star."
22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" He who hears, let him
say, "Come!" He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let
him take the water of life freely. 22:18 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 which are written in this book.
22:19 If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, may God take away his part from the tree of life, and out
of the holy city, which are written in this book. 22:20 He who
testifies these things says, "Yes, I come quickly."
Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.
22:21The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints. Amen.
About St. John
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The Book of Revelation
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