³ They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song ^(A)except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth. ⁴ These are the ones who were not defiled with women, ^(B)for they are virgins. These are the ones ^(C)who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These ^(D)were ^[a]redeemed from among men, ^(E)being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

^12 (A)Here is the ^[a]patience of the saints; ^(B)here^[b] are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.