¹⁸ and the living one. ^(A)I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and ^(B)I have the keys of Death and Hades.

⁹ We know that ^(A)Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; ^(B)death no longer has dominion over him.

²⁵ Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost^{[a] (A)}those who draw near to God ^(B)through him, since he always lives ^(C)to make intercession for them.

⁸ For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, ^(A)whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. ⁹ For to this end Christ ^(B)died and lived again, that he might be Lord both ^(C)of the dead and of the living.

To the Church in Philadelphia

⁷ “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of ^(A)the holy one, ^(B)the true one, ^(C)who has the key of David, ^(D)who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.

²² And I will place ^(A)on his shoulder ^(B)the key of the house of David. ^(C)He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

¹⁴ Then ^(A)Death and Hades ^(B)were thrown into the lake of fire. This is ^(C)the second death, the lake of fire.

The Thousand Years

20 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, ^(A)holding in his hand the key to ^(B)the bottomless pit^[a] and a great chain. ² And he seized ^(C)the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and ^(D)bound him for a thousand years,