²⁶ But Peter lifted him up, saying, ^(A)“Stand up; I too am a man.”

¹⁰ Then ^(A)I fell down at his feet to worship him, ^(B)but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to ^(C)the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

⁸ I, ^(A)John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, ^(B)I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, ^9 (C)but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those ^(D)who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

¹⁴ But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they ^(A)tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out, ¹⁵ “Men, ^(B)why are you doing these things? We also are men, ^(C)of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that ^(D)you should turn from these ^(E)vain things to ^(F)a living God, ^(G)who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

^3 (A)Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, ^(B)unless the rebellion comes first, and ^(C)the man of lawlessness^[a] is revealed, ^(D)the son of destruction,^{[b] 4} who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, ^(E)proclaiming himself to be God.

¹⁰ Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, ^(A)Satan! For ^(B)it is written,

⁸ and all ^(A)who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in ^(B)the book of life of ^(C)the Lamb ^(D)who was slain.