¹I saw an angel coming down out of heaven , having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand .

²He seized the dragon , the old serpent , who is the devil and Satan , who deceives the whole inhabited earth , and bound him for a thousand years ,[#20:2 TR and NU omit “who deceives the whole inhabited earth”.]

³and cast him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him , that he should deceive the nations no more until the thousand years were finished . After this , he must be freed for a short time .

⁴I saw thrones , and they sat on them , and judgement was given to them . I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God , and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image , and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand . They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years .

⁵The rest of the dead didn’t live until the thousand years were finished . This is the first resurrection.

⁶Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these , the second death has no power , but they will be priests of God and of Christ , and will reign with him one thousand years .

⁷And after the thousand years , Satan will be released from his prison

⁸and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth , Gog and Magog , to gather them together to the war , whose number is as the sand of the sea .

⁹They went up over the width of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city . Fire came down out of heaven from God and devoured them .

¹⁰The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur, where the beast and the false prophet are also . They will be tormented day and night forever and ever .

¹¹I saw a great white throne and him who sat on it , from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away . There was found no place for them .

¹²I saw the dead , the great and the small , standing before the throne , and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life . The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works .

¹³The sea gave up the dead who were in it . Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them . They were judged , each one according to his works .[#20:13 or, Hell]

¹⁴Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire . This is the second death , the lake of fire .[#20:14 or, Hell]

¹⁵If anyone was not found written in the book of life , he was cast into the lake of fire .