And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first born from the dead, and the chief of the kings of the earth. To him having loved us, and washed us from our sins in his blood,

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he put his right hand upon me, saying to me, Be not afraid;I am the the first and the last:

And he living, and I was dead; and, behold, I am living for the times of times, Amen; and have the keys of hades and of death.

And to the messenger of the church of the Smyrnians write; Thus says the first and the last, who was dead and he lived;

And to the messenger of the church in Sardis write: Thus says he having the seven spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead:

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead, to be judged, and to give reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the holy, and to them fearing thy name, the small and great; and to destroy them destroying the earth.

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Write, Happy the dead who dying in the Lord from henceforth: Yes, says the Spirit, that they might cease from their fatigues; and their works follow with them.

And the second angel poured out his vial into the sea; and it was blood as of a dead body: and every living soul died in the sea.

And the rest of the dead returned not again to life even till the thousand years be finished. This the first rising up.

And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is of life: and the dead were judged from the things written in the books, according to their works.

And the sea gave the dead in it; and death and hades gave the dead in them: and they were judged each one according to their works.