¹⁰ Because you have ^(A)kept the word of ^(B)My perseverance, ^(C)I also will keep you from the hour of ^[a](D)testing, which is about to come upon the whole ^[b](E)world, to ^[c]test ^(F)those who dwell on the earth.

⁸ “^(A)The beast that you saw ^(B)was, and is not, and is about to ^(C)come up out of the ^(D)abyss and ^[a](E)go to destruction. And ^(F)those who dwell on the earth, ^(G)whose name has not been written in the book of life ^(H)from the foundation of the world, will ^(I)wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come.