^20 (A)Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that ^(B)your names are written in heaven.”

¹² And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and ^(A)books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is ^(B)the book of life. And ^(C)the dead were judged by what was written in the books, ^(D)according to what they had done.

²³ and to ^(A)the assembly^[a] of the firstborn who are ^(B)enrolled in heaven, and to ^(C)God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

^22 (A)On that day ^(B)many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not ^(C)prophesy in your name, and cast out demons ^(D)in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ ^23 (E)And then will I declare to them, ‘I ^(F)never knew you; ^(G)depart from me, ^(H)you workers of lawlessness.’

²⁷ But ^(A)nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's ^(B)book of life.

¹⁵ And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, ^(A)he was thrown into the lake of fire.

^5 (A)The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never ^(B)blot his name out of ^(C)the book of life. ^(D)I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

³ Yes, I ask you also, true companion,^[a] help these women, who have labored^[b] side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, ^(A)whose names are in the book of life.

³² But now, if ^(A)you will forgive their sin—but if not, please ^(B)blot me out of ^(C)your book that you have written.”