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18 But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever—forever and ever.”(A)

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Then I saw thrones, and those seated on them were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony to Jesus[a] and for the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its brand on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.(A)

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  1. 20.4 Or for the testimony of Jesus

26 To everyone who conquers and continues to do my works to the end,

I will give authority over the nations,(A)
27 to rule[a] them with an iron scepter,
    as when clay pots are shattered—(B)

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  1. 2.27 Or to shepherd

27 The kingship and dominion
    and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven
    shall be given to the people of the holy ones of the Most High;
their kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom,
    and all dominions shall serve and obey them.”(A)

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12 For the nation and kingdom
    that will not serve you shall perish;
    those nations shall be utterly laid waste.(A)
13 The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
    the cypress, the plane, and the pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
    and I will glorify where my feet rest.(B)
14 The descendants of those who oppressed you
    shall come bending low to you,
and all who despised you
    shall bow down at your feet;
they shall call you the City of the Lord,
    the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.(C)

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Let the faithful exult in glory;
    let them sing for joy on their couches.(A)
Let the high praises of God be in their throats
    and two-edged swords in their hands,(B)
to execute vengeance on the nations
    and punishment on the peoples,
to bind their kings with fetters
    and their nobles with chains of iron,
to execute on them the judgment decreed.
    This is glory for all his faithful ones.
Praise the Lord!(C)

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10 you have made them a kingdom and priests serving[a] our God,
    and they will reign[b] on earth.”(A)

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  1. 5.10 Gk priests to
  2. 5.10 Other ancient authorities read they reign

11 The saying is sure:

If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
12 if we endure, we will also reign with him;
if we deny him, he will also deny us;(A)

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12 for our[a] struggle is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present[b] darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.[c](A)

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  1. 6.12 Other ancient authorities read your
  2. 6.12 Gk lacks present
  3. 6.12 Gk heavenlies

22 until the Ancient One[a] came; then judgment was given for the holy ones of the Most High, and the time arrived when the holy ones gained possession of the kingdom.(A)

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  1. 7.22 Aram the Ancient of Days

21 To the one who conquers I will give a place with me on my throne, just as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.(A)

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Spiritual Blessings in Christ

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,[a](A)

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  1. 1.3 Gk heavenlies

16 In the place of ancestors you, O king,[a] shall have sons;
    you will make them princes in all the earth.(A)

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  1. 45.16 Heb lacks O king