5 A mouth was given to him to speak boasts and blasphemies.(A) He was also given authority to act(a)(b) for 42 months.(B) 6 He began to speak(c) blasphemies against God: to blaspheme His name and His dwelling—those who dwell in heaven.

Footnotes:

a. Revelation 13:5: Other mss read wage war
b. Revelation 13:5: Or to rule
c. Revelation 13:6: Lit He opened his mouth in

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