The Saints Reign with Christ

Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge.(A) I also saw the souls of those(B) who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus(C) and because of the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands.(D) They came to life(E) and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.(F) The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed.

This is the first resurrection. Blessed(G) and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death(H) has no power[a] over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. 20:6 Or authority

And I saw thrones, and they sat down on them, and authority to judge was granted to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and did not receive the mark on their[a] forehead and on their hand, and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed.) This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection. Over this person the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him a thousand[b] years.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 20:4 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  2. Revelation 20:6 Some manuscripts have “for the thousand”