³ and he threw him into the ^(A)abyss, and shut it and ^(B)sealed it over him, so that he would ^(C)not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were finished. After these things he must be released for a short time.

⁴ Then I saw ^(D)thrones, and ^(E)they sat on them, and ^(F)judgment was given to them. And I saw ^(G)the souls of those who had been beheaded because of ^[a]their ^(H)witness of Jesus and because of the word of God, and who also had not ^(I)worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the ^(J)mark on their forehead and on their hand. And they ^(K)came to life and ^(L)reigned with Christ for a thousand years. ⁵ The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished. ^(M)This is the first resurrection.