^26 (A)The one who overcomes, and the one who keeps My deeds ^(B)until the end, ^(C)I will give him authority over the ^[a]nations; ²⁷ and he shall ^[b](D)rule them with a rod of iron, ^(E)as the vessels of the potter are shattered, as I also have received authority from My Father; ²⁸ and I will give him ^(F)the morning star.

⁴ Then I saw ^(A)thrones, and ^(B)they sat on them, and ^(C)judgment was given to them. And I saw ^(D)the souls of those who had been beheaded because of ^[a]their ^(E)testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not ^(F)worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the ^(G)mark on their foreheads and on their hands; and they ^(H)came to life and ^(I)reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

^6 (A)Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the ^(B)second death has no power, but they will be ^(C)priests of God and of Christ, and will ^(D)reign with Him for a thousand years.

¹⁷ For if by the offense of the one, death reigned ^(A)through the one, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness ^(B)reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.