¹⁶ Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say “and to seeds,” as though referring to many, but referring to one, and to your seed,^[a](A) who is Christ.

²⁹ And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs^(A) according to the promise.^(B)

²⁶ for through faith you are all sons of God in Christ Jesus.

⁴ Its tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth.^(A) And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth it might devour her child.^(B)

¹⁵ From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. ¹⁶ But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth. ¹⁷ So the dragon was furious with the woman and went off to wage war^(A) against the rest of her offspring^[a](B)—those who keep the commands of God^(C) and hold firmly to the testimony about Jesus.^(D)

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹ Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb,^[a](A) but it spoke like a dragon. ¹² It exercises all the authority of the first beast on its behalf and compels the earth and those who live on it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. ¹³ It also performs great signs,^(B) even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in front of people.^{(C) 14} It deceives those who live on the earth^(D) because of the signs that it is permitted to perform in the presence of the beast,^(E) telling those who live on the earth to make an image^[b] of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

13 And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea.^(A) It had ten horns and seven heads. On its horns were ten crowns,^[a](B) and on its heads were blasphemous names.^[b](C)