⁷ “Look, I am coming soon!^(A) Blessed^(B) is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.”^(C)

⁸ I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things.^(D) And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet^(E) of the angel who had been showing them to me. ⁹ But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who keep the words of this scroll.^(F) Worship God!”^(G)

¹⁰ Then he told me, “Do not seal up^(H) the words of the prophecy of this scroll,^(I) because the time is near.^{(J) 11} Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.”^(K)

Epilogue: Invitation and Warning

¹² “Look, I am coming soon!^(L) My reward is with me,^(M) and I will give to each person according to what they have done.^{(N) 13} I am the Alpha and the Omega,^(O) the First and the Last,^(P) the Beginning and the End.^(Q)

¹⁴ “Blessed are those who wash their robes,^(R) that they may have the right to the tree of life^(S) and may go through the gates^(T) into the city.^{(U) 15} Outside^(V) are the dogs,^(W) those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

¹⁶ “I, Jesus,^(X) have sent my angel^(Y) to give you^[a] this testimony for the churches.^(Z) I am the Root^(AA) and the Offspring of David,^(AB) and the bright Morning Star.”^(AC)

¹⁷ The Spirit^(AD) and the bride^(AE) say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.^(AF)