John and the Angel

⁶ The angel said to me,^(A) “These words are trustworthy and true.^(B) The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets,^(C) sent his angel^(D) to show his servants the things that must soon take place.”

⁷ “Look, I am coming soon!^(E) Blessed^(F) is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.”^(G)

⁸ I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things.^(H) And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet^(I) 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 who keep the words of this scroll.^(J) Worship God!”^(K)

¹⁰ Then he told me, “Do not seal up^(L) the words of the prophecy of this scroll,^(M) because the time is near.^{(N) 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.”^(O)

Epilogue: Invitation and Warning

¹² “Look, I am coming soon!^(P) My reward is with me,^(Q) and I will give to each person according to what they have done.^{(R) 13} I am the Alpha and the Omega,^(S) the First and the Last,^(T) the Beginning and the End.^(U)

¹⁴ “Blessed are those who wash their robes,^(V) that they may have the right to the tree of life^(W) and may go through the gates^(X) into the city.^{(Y) 15} Outside^(Z) are the dogs,^(AA) those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

¹⁶ “I, Jesus,^(AB) have sent my angel^(AC) to give you^[a] this testimony for the churches.^(AD) I am the Root^(AE) and the Offspring of David,^(AF) and the bright Morning Star.”^(AG)

¹⁷ The Spirit^(AH) and the bride^(AI) say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.^(AJ)