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)
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