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

¹⁰ And ^(A)I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, ^(B)“See that you do not do that! I am your ^(C)fellow servant, and of your brethren ^(D)who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the ^(E)testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

⁸ Now I, John, ^[a]saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, ^(A)I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.

⁹ Then he said to me, ^(B)“See that you do not do that. ^[b]For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

¹⁴ But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard this, ^(A)they tore their clothes and ran in among the multitude, crying out ¹⁵ and saying, “Men, ^(B)why are you doing these things? ^(C)We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from ^(D)these useless things ^(E)to the living God, ^(F)who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them,

³ Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come ^(A)unless the falling away comes first, and ^(B)the man of ^[a]sin is revealed, ^(C)the son of perdition, ⁴ who opposes and ^(D)exalts himself ^(E)above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits ^[b]as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

¹⁰ Then Jesus said to him, ^[a]“Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ^(A)‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”

⁸ All who dwell on the earth will worship him, ^(A)whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain ^(B)from the foundation of the world.