8 shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall come forth.
to deceive the nations which are in the four corners
of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together
to the war the number of whom is as the sand of the
9 sea.
And they went up over the breadth of the earth,
and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the
beloved city and fire came down' out of heaven, and
10 devoured them. And the devil that deceived them
was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are
also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall
be tormented day and night 'for ever and ever.

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were 13 written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their 14 works. And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

15 fire.

21 I

1Some ancient from God.

authorities insert

2 Gr. unto the

ages of the ages.

Or, the holy coming down city Jerusalem new out of

heaven

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and 2 the sea is no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 3 made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall 'dwell Gr. tabernacle. with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God him4 self shall be with them, and be their God: and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed 5 away. And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, "Write: Or, Write These words 6 for these words are faithful and true. And he said are faithful and unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will

Some ancient and be their

authorities omit

God.

true.

give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit 7 these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and 8 abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

And there came one of the seven angels who had 9 the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb. And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain 10 great and high, and shewed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having 11 1 Gr. luminary. the glory of God: her 'light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal: having a wall great and high; having twelve 12 2 Gr. portals. 2gates, and at the 'gates twelve angels; and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: on the east were three 13 2gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and 14 on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And he that spake with me had for a meas- 15 ure a golden reed to measure the city, and the 'gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city 16 lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal. And he measured 17 the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and 18 the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass. The 19 foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; the fifth, sardonyx; the 20 sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the Or, sapphire eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. And the 21

8 Or, lapis lazuli

twelve 'gates were twelve pearls; each one of the Gr. portals. several 'gates was of one pearl: and the street of the

And

Lamb, the lamp

4 Or, by

22 city was pure gold, 'as it were transparent glass. And Or, transI saw no temple therein: for the Lord God the Al- parent as glass 23 mighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof. the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, 24 3and the lamp thereof is the Lamb. And the nations Or, and the shall walk 'amidst the light thereof: and the kings of thereof 25 the earth do bring their glory into it. And the 'gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall 26 be no night there): and they shall bring the glory 27 and the honour of the nations into it: and there shall in no wise enter into it anything "unclean, or he that 'maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they 22 I which are written in the Lamb's book of life. And he shewed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Or, the Lamb. 2 Lamb, in the midst of the street thereof. And on the street this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, either side of the bearing twelve manner of fruits, yielding its fruit river, was the tree of life every month and the leaves of the tree were for the Or, a tree 3 healing of the nations. And there shall be "no curse Or, crops of any more and the throne of God and of the Lamb 10 Or, no more shall be therein: and his servants shall do him ser- anything

4 vice; and they shall see his face; and his name shall 5 be on their foreheads. And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign "for ever and ever.

6 And he said unto me, These words are faithful and true: and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to shew unto his servants 7 the things which must shortly come to pass. And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.

8

And I John am he that heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these 9 things. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren the prophets, and with them which keep the words of this book: worship God.

6

Gr. common.

Or, doeth

In the midst of

thereof, and on

8

9

fruit

accursed

11 Gr. unto the ages of the ages.

1 Or, yet more

2 Or, wages

8 Or, the authority over 4 Gr. portals.

Or, doeth

6 Gr. over.

"Or, Both

8 r. upon.

Or, even from the things which are written

10 Some ancient authorities add Christ.

11 Two ancient authorities read with all.

And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of 10 the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand. He that is unrighteous, let him do unrighteousness 11 'still and he that is filthy, let him be made filthy 'still and he that is righteous, let him do righteousness 'still and he that is holy, let him be made holy 'still. Behold, I come quickly; and my 'reward is 12 with me, to render to each man according as his work is. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first 13 and the last, the beginning and the end. Blessed 14 are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city. Without are the dogs, 15 and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and 'maketh a lie.

I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you 16 these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.

"And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he 17 that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.

I testify unto every man that heareth the words of 18 the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add Sunto them, God shall add unto him the plagues which are written in this book: and if any man 19 shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.

He which testifieth these things saith, Yea: I 20 come quickly. Amen: come, Lord Jesus.

The grace of the Lord Jesus" be with the saints. 21 Amen.

List of readings and renderings preferred by the American Committee,

recorded at their desire. See Preface, page ix.

CLASSES OF PASSAGES.

I. Strike out "S." (i.e. Saint) from the title of the Gospels and from the heading of the pages.

II. Strike out "the Apostle" from the title of the Pauline Epistles, and "of Paul the Apostle" from the title of the Epistle to the Hebrews; strike out the word "General" from the title of the Epistles of James, Peter, 1 John, and Jude; and let the title of the Revelation run "Revelation of John."

III. For "Holy Ghost " adopt uniformly the rendering "Holy Spirit.” IV. At the word "worship" in Matt. ii. 2, etc., add the marginal note "The Greek word denotes an act of reverence, whether paid to man (see chap. xviii. 26) or to God (see chap. iv. 10)."

V. Put into the text uniformly the marginal rendering "through" in place of "by" when it relates to prophecy, viz. in Matt. ii. 5, 17, 23; iii. 3; iv. 14; viii. 17; xii. 17; xiii. 35; xxi. 4; xxiv. 15; xxvii. 9; Luke xviii. 31; Acts ii. 16; xxviii. 25.

VI. For "tempt" ("temptation") substitute "try" or "make trial of" ("trial") wherever enticement to what is wrong is not evidently spoken of; viz. in the following instances: Matt. iv. 7; xvi. 1; xix. 3; xxii. 18, 35; Mark viii. 11; x. 2; xii. 15; Luke iv. 12; x. 25; xi. 16; xxii. 28; John viii. 6; Acts v. 9; xv. 10; 1 Cor. x. 9; Heb. iii. 8, 9; 1 Pet. i. 6.

VII. Substitute modern forms of speech for the following archaisms, viz. "who " or "that" for "which" when used of persons; "are" for "be" in the present indicative; "know" "knew" for "wot" "wist"; " drag" or drag away" for "hale."

VIII. Substitute for "devil" ("devils") the word "demon" ("demons") wher ever the latter word is given in the margin (or represents the Greek words daiμov, Saióviov); and for "possessed with a devil" (or "devils") substitute either" demoniac" or "possessed with a demon" (or "demons"). IX. After" baptize" let the marg. “Or, in" and the text "with" exchange places. X. Let the word "testament" be everywhere changed to "covenant" (without an alternate in the margin), except in Heb. ix. 15-17.

XI. Wherever "patience" occurs as the rendering of vroμový add "stedfastness" as an alternate in the margin, except in 2 Cor i. 6; James v. 11; Luke viii. 15; Heb. xii, 1.

XII. Let áo ápɩov (Matt. x. 29; Luke xii. 6) be translated "penny” and dŋvápiv "shilling," except in Matt. xxii. 19; Mark xii. 15; Luke xx. 24, where the name of the coin, "a denarius," should be given.

XIII. Against the expression "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" add the marginal rendering "Or, God and the Father" etc.; viz. in Rom. xv. 6; 2 Cor. i. 3; xi. 31; Eph. i. 3; Col. i. 3; 1 Pet. i. 3. And against the