1 John
1:1That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life 1:2(And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us); 1:3We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ: 1:4And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete. 1:5This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark. 1:6If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue: 1:7But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin. 1:8If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us. 1:9If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil. 1:10If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.
2:1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one: 2:2He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world. 2:3And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws. 2:4The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him: 2:5But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him: 2:6He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did. 2:7My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears. 2:8Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out. 2:9He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark. 2:10He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him. 2:11But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark. 2:12I am writing to you, my children, because you have forgiveness of sins through his name. 2:13I am writing to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One. I have sent a letter to you, children, because you have knowledge of the Father. 2:14I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One. 2:15Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 2:16Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world. 2:17And the world and its desires is coming to an end: but he who does God's pleasure is living for ever. 2:18Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the Antichrist would come, so now a number of Antichrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour. 2:19They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us. 2:20And you have the Spirit from the Holy One and you all have knowledge. 2:21I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true. 2:22Who is false but he who says that Jesus is not the Christ? He is the Antichrist who has no belief in the Father or the Son. 2:23He who has no belief in the Son has not the Father: he who makes clear his belief in the Son has the Father. 2:24But as for you, keep in your hearts the things which were made clear to you from the first. If you keep these things in your hearts you will be kept in the Father and the Son. 2:25And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life. 2:26I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way. 2:27As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you. 2:28And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming. 2:29If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.
3:1See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was. 3:2My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is. 3:3And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy. 3:4Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law. 3:5And you have knowledge that he came to take away sin: and in him there is no sin. 3:6Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him. 3:7My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright; 3:8The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One. 3:9Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father. 3:10In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God. 3:11Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another; 3:12Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good. 3:13Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you. 3:14We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death. 3:15Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him. 3:16In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers. 3:17But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him? 3:18My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith. 3:19In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him, 3:20When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things. 3:21My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him; 3:22And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes. 3:23And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us. 3:24He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.
4:1My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world. 4:2By this you may have knowledge of the Spirit of God: every spirit which says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God: 4:3And every spirit which does not say this is not from God: this is the spirit of Antichrist, of which you have had word; and it is in the world even now. 4:4You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 4:5They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them. 4:6We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error. 4:7My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God. 4:8He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love. 4:9And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. 4:10And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins. 4:11My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another. 4:12No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us: 4:13And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us. 4:14And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 4:15Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God. 4:16And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him. 4:17In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world. 4:18There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love. 4:19We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us. 4:20If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen? 4:21And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.
5:1Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child. 5:2In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws. 5:3For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard. 5:4Anything which comes from God is able to overcome the world: and the power by which we have overcome the world is our faith. 5:5Who is able to overcome the world but the man who has faith that Jesus is the Son of God? 5:6This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood. 5:7And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true. 5:8There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and all three are in agreement. 5:9If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son. 5:10He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son. 5:11And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 5:12He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life. 5:13I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life. 5:14And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us: 5:15And if we are certain that he gives ear to all our requests, we are equally certain that we will get our requests. 5:16If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then. 5:17All evil-doing is sin: but death is not the punishment for every sort of sin. 5:18We are certain that one who is a child of God will do no sin, but the Son of God keeps him so that he is not touched by the Evil One. 5:19We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One. 5:20And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 5:21My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.
2 John
1:1I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;
3 John
1:1I, a ruler in the church, send word to the well loved Gaius, for whom I have true love.
Jude
1:1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and the brother of James, to those of God's selection who have been made holy by God the Father and are kept safe for Jesus Christ:
Revelation
1:1The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave him so that his servants might have knowledge of the things which will quickly take place: and he sent and made it clear by his angel to his servant John; 1:2Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw. 1:3A blessing be on the reader, and on those who give ear to the prophet's words, and keep the things which he has put in the book: for the time is near. 1:4John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and was and is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his high seat; 1:5And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood; 1:6And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it. 1:7See, he comes with the clouds, and every eye will see him, and those by whom he was wounded; and all the tribes of the earth will be sorrowing because of him. Yes, so be it. 1:8I am the First and the Last, says the Lord God who is and was and is to come, the Ruler of all. 1:9I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus. 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and a great voice at my back, as of a horn, came to my ears, 1:11Saying, What you see, put in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea. 1:12And turning to see the voice which said these words to me, I saw seven gold vessels with lights burning in them; 1:13And in the middle of them one like a son of man, clothed with a robe down to his feet, and with a band of gold round his breasts. 1:14And his head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 1:15And his feet like polished brass, as if it had been burned in a fire; and his voice was as the sound of great waters. 1:16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword: and his face was like the sun shining in its strength. 1:17And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one; 1:18And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell. 1:19Put in writing, then, the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will be after these; 1:20The secret of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold vessels with burning lights. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven lights are the seven churches.
2:1To the angel of the church in Ephesus say: These things says he who has the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the middle of the seven gold lights: 2:2I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are Apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false; 2:3And you have the power of waiting, and have undergone trouble because of my name, without weariness. 2:4But I have this against you, that you are turned away from your first love. 2:5So keep in mind where you were at first, and be changed in heart and do the first works; or I will come to you, and will take away your light from its place, if your hearts are not changed. 2:6But at least you have the credit of hating the works of the Nicolaitans, as I do. 2:7He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the fruit of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God. 2:8And to the angel of the church in Smyrna say: These things says the first and the last, who was dead and is living: 2:9I have knowledge of your troubles and how poor you are (but you have true wealth), and the evil words of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a Synagogue of Satan. 2:10Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life. 2:11He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not come under the power of the second death. 2:12And to the angel of the church in Pergamos say: These things says he who has the sharp two-edged sword: 2:13I have knowledge that your living-place is where Satan has his seat: and you are true to my name, and were not turned away from your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my true witness, who was put to death among you, where Satan has his place. 2:14But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh. 2:15And you have those who keep the teaching of the Nicolaitans. 2:16See, then, that you have a change of heart; or I will come to you quickly, and will make war against them with the sword of my mouth. 2:17He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given. 2:18And to the angel of the church in Thyatira say: These things says the Son of God, whose eyes are like a flame of fire, and his feet like polished brass: 2:19I have knowledge of your works, and your love and faith and help and strength in trouble, and that your last works are more than the first. 2:20But I have this against you, that you let the woman Jezebel say she is a prophet and give false teaching, making my servants go after the desires of the flesh and take food offered to false gods. 2:21And I gave her time for a change of heart, but she has no mind to give up her unclean ways. 2:22See, I will put her into a bed, and those who make themselves unclean with her, into great trouble, if they go on with her works. 2:23And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works. 2:24But to you I say, to the rest in Thyatira, even to those who have not this teaching, and have no knowledge of the secrets of Satan, as they say; I put on you no other weight. 2:25But what you have, keep safe till I come. 2:26He who overcomes, and keeps my works to the end, to him I will give rule over the nations, 2:27And he will be ruling them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of the potter they will be broken, even as I have power from my Father: 2:28And I will give him the morning star. 2:29He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.
3:1And to the angel of the church in Sardis say: These things says he who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: I have knowledge of your works, that you seem to be living but are dead. 3:2Be on the watch, and make strong the rest of the things which are near to death; because as judged by me your works have not come up to God's measure. 3:3Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you. 3:4But you have some names in Sardis who have kept clean their robes; and as a reward they will go in white with me. 3:5He who overcomes will be dressed in white, and I will not take his name from the book of life, and I will give witness to his name before my Father, and before his angels. 3:6He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one. 3:8I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name. 3:9See, I will make those of the Synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but say what is false; I will make them come and give worship before your feet, and see my love for you. 3:10Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth. 3:11I come quickly: keep that which you have, so that no one may take your crown. 3:12Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the house of my God, and he will go out no more: and I will put on him the name of my God, and the name of the town of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name. 3:13He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. 3:14And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order: 3:15I have knowledge of your works, that you are not cold or warm: it would be better if you were cold or warm. 3:16So because you are not one thing or the other, I will have no more to do with you. 3:17For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing. 3:18If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see. 3:19To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways. 3:20See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me. 3:21To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat. 3:22He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.
4:1After these things I saw a door open in heaven, and the first voice came to my ears, like the sound of a horn, saying, Come up here, and I will make clear to you the things which are to come. 4:2Straight away I was in the Spirit: and I saw a high seat in heaven, and one was seated on it; 4:3And to my eyes he was like a jasper and a sardius stone: and there was an arch of light round the high seat, like an emerald. 4:4And round about the high seat were four and twenty seats: and on them I saw four and twenty rulers seated, clothed in white robes; and on their heads crowns of gold. 4:5And out of the high seat came flames and voices and thunders. And seven lights of fire were burning before the high seat, which are the seven Spirits of God; 4:6And before the high seat there was, as it seemed, a clear sea of glass; and in the middle of the high seat, and round about it, four beasts full of eyes round about. 4:7And the first beast was like a lion, and the second like an ox, and the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight. 4:8And the four beasts, having every one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and inside: and without resting day and night, they say, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, Ruler of all, who was and is and is to come. 4:9And when the beasts give glory and honour to him who is seated on the high seat, to him who is living for ever and ever, 4:10The four and twenty rulers go down on their faces before him who is seated on the high seat, and give worship to him who is living for ever and ever, and take off their crowns before the high seat, saying, 4:11It is right, our Lord and our God, for you to have glory and honour and power: because by you were all things made, and by your desire they came into being.
5:1And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat, a book with writing inside it and on the back, shut with seven stamps of wax. 5:2And I saw a strong angel saying in a loud voice, Who is able to make the book open, and to undo its stamps? 5:3And no one in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to get the book open, or to see what was in it. 5:4And I was very sad, because there was no one able to get the book open or to see what was in it. 5:5And one of the rulers said to me, Do not be sad: see, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, and has power to undo the book and its seven stamps. 5:6And I saw in the middle of the high seat and of the four beasts, and in the middle of the rulers, a Lamb in his place, which seemed as if it had been put to death, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth. 5:7And he came and took it out of the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat. 5:8And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints. 5:9And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation, 5:10And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth. 5:11And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 5:12Saying with a great voice, It is right to give to the Lamb who was put to death, power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing. 5:13And to my ears came the voice of everything in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and of all things which are in them, saying, To him who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb, may blessing and honour and glory and power be given for ever and ever. 5:14And the four beasts said, So be it. And the rulers went down on their faces and gave worship.
6:1And I saw when the Lamb undid one of the stamps, and the voice of one of the four beasts came to my ears, saying as with a voice of thunder, Come and see. 6:2And I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it had a bow; and there was given to him a crown: and he went out with power to overcome. 6:3And when the second stamp was undone, the voice of the second beast came to my ears, saying, Come and see. 6:4And another horse came out, a red horse; and it was given to him who was seated on it to take peace from the earth, so that people might put one another to death: and there was given to him a great sword. 6:5And when the third stamp was undone, the voice of the third beast came to my ears, saying, Come and see. And I saw a black horse; and he who was seated on it had scales in his hand. 6:6And a voice came to my ears, from the middle of the four beasts, saying, A measure of grain for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny: and see that you do no damage to the oil and the wine. 6:7And when the fourth stamp was undone, the voice of the fourth beast came to my ears, saying, Come and see. 6:8And I saw a grey horse, and the name of him who was seated on it was Death; and Hell came after him. And there was given to them authority over the fourth part of the earth, to put to destruction by the sword, and by taking away their food, and by death, and by the beasts of the earth. 6:9And when the fifth stamp was undone, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been put to death for the word of God, and for the witness which they kept. 6:10And they gave a great cry, saying, How long will it be, O Ruler, holy and true, before you take your place as judge and give punishment for our blood to those on the earth? 6:11And there was given to every one a white robe, and they were ordered to take their rest for a little time, till the number was complete of the other servants, their brothers, who would be put to death, even as they had been. 6:12And I saw when the sixth stamp was undone, and there was a great earth-shock; and the sun became black as haircloth, and all the moon became as blood; 6:13And the stars of heaven were falling to the earth, like green fruit from a tree before the force of a great wind. 6:14And the heaven was taken away like the roll of a book when it is rolled up; and all the mountains and islands were moved out of their places. 6:15And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains; 6:16And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Come down on us, covering us from the face of him who is seated on the high seat, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 6:17For the great day of their wrath is come, and who may keep his place?
7:1After this I saw four angels in their places at the four points of the earth, keeping back the four winds in their hands, so that there might be no moving of the wind on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree. 7:2And I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the mark of the living God: and he said with a great voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to do damage to the earth and the sea, 7:3Do no damage to the earth, or the sea, or the trees, till we have put a mark on the servants of our God. 7:4And there came to my ears the number of those who had the mark on their brows, a hundred and forty-four thousand, who were marked out of every tribe of the people of Israel. 7:5Of the tribe of Judah were marked twelve thousand: of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand: of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand: 7:6Of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand: of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand: of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand: 7:7Of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand: of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand: of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand: 7:8Of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand: of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand: of the tribe of Benjamin were marked twelve thousand. 7:9After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands, 7:10Saying with a loud voice, Salvation to our God who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb. 7:11And all the angels were round about the high seat, and about the rulers and the four beasts; and they went down on their faces before the high seat, and gave worship to God, saying, 7:12So be it. Let blessing and glory and wisdom and praise and honour and power and strength be given to our God for ever and ever. So be it. 7:13And one of the rulers made answer, saying to me, These who have on white robes, who are they, and where did they come from? 7:14And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. 7:15This is why they are before the high seat of God; and they are his servants day and night in his house: and he who is seated on the high seat will be a tent over them. 7:16They will never be in need of food or drink: and they will never again be troubled by the burning heat of the sun: 7:17For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.