1 ¶ And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

2 And he seized the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

3 And threw him into the bottomless pit, and shut it, and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations any longer, until the thousand years are over: after that he must be set free for a short time.

4 And I saw thrones, and those who sat on them were given authority to judge: and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who had not worshipped the beast, or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads, or on their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

6 Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection: the second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him for a thousand years.

7 And when the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison,

8 And will go out to deceive the nations that are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for battle: the number of whom is like the sand of the sea.

9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

11 ¶ Then I saw a great white throne, and him who sat upon it, from whose presence the heavens and earth fled; and there was no place for them.

12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged according to what they had done, as it was written in the books.

13 And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and hell gave up the dead that were in them: and everyone was judged according to their works.

14 And death and hell were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15 And whoever was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.