People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like(A) the beast? Who can wage war against it?”

The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies(B) and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.(C) It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.(D) It was given power to wage war(E) against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.(F) All inhabitants of the earth(G) will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life,(H) the Lamb(I) who was slain from the creation of the world.[a](J)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:8 Or written from the creation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was slain

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