BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO WASH THEIR ROBES

 

8 I John, am the one who Heard

And Saw these Things.

And when I had Heard and Seen Them,

I Fell Down to Worship

At the Feet of the Angel

Who had been showing them to me.

9 But he said to me,

“DON’T DO THAT!

I am a Fellow Servant with you

and with your Fellow Prophets

And with All Those

Who Keep the Words of this Scroll.

WORSHIP GOD!”

10 Then he told me,

“DON’T SEAL UP THE WORDS

OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS SCROLL,

BECAUSE THE TIME IS NEAR.

11 Let the one who does Wrong

Continue to do Wrong;

Let the Vile Person

Continue to be Vile;

Let the one who does Right

Continue to do Right;

And let the Holy Person

Continue to be Holy.”

12 LOOK, I AM COMING SOON!

MY REWARD IS WITH ME,

And I will Give to Each Person

According to what they have Done.

13 I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA

THE FIRST AND THE LAST,

THE BEGINNING AND THE END.

14 BLESSED ARE THOSE

WHO WASH THEIR ROBES,

That they may have the Right

TO THE TREE OF LIFE

And may go through the Gates

Into the City.

15 OUTSIDE ARE THE DOGS,

THOSE WHO PRACTICE MAGIC ARTS,

THE SEXUALLY IMMORAL,

THE MURDERERS,

THE IDOLATERS

AND EVERYONE WHO LOVES

AND PRACTICES FALSEHOOD.

16 I, JESUS

HAVE SENT MY ANGEL

TO GIVE YOU THIS TESTIMONY

FOR THE CHURCHES,

I AM THE ROOT

AND OFFSPRING OF DAVID,

AND THE BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR.”

(Revelation 22:8-16, NIV)