²⁵ except to hold on to what you have^(A) until I come.’^(B)

²⁶ To the one who is victorious^(C) and does my will to the end,^(D) I will give authority over the nations^(E)— ²⁷ that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter^(F) and will dash them to pieces like pottery’^[a](G)—just as I have received authority from my Father.