WPNT(i)
8 Now I, John, who heard and saw these things, when I had heard and seen I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things,
9 but he says to me, “Don’t! I am your fellow slave and of your brothers the prophets, those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”
10 Then he says to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.
11 He who acts unjustly let him act unjustly still, and let the filthy one be filthy still, and let the righteous one still practice righteousness, and let the holy one still be sanctified.”
12 “Take note, I am coming swiftly, and my reward is with me to give to each one according to his work.
13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and end, the First and the Last.”
14 (Blessed are those who do His commands, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, even to enter through the gates into the city.
15 Outside are the ‘dogs’ and the sorcerers and the fornicators and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices a lie.)
16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you, in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright morning Star.