REVELATION 20 [†]Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven,  n holding in his hand the key to  o the bottomless pit [1] and a great chain. 2And he seized  p the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and  q bound him for a thousand years, 3and threw him into  o the pit, and shut it and  r sealed it over him, so that  s he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.

4[†]Then I saw  t thrones, and  u seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw  v the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those  w who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.  x They came to life and  y reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. 6[†] z Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such  a the second death has no power, but they will be  b priests of God and of Christ, and they  c will reign with him for a thousand years.

7[†]And when the thousand years are ended,  d Satan will be released from his prison 8and will come out  e to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth,  f Gog and Magog,  g to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. 9And  h they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded  i the camp of the saints and  j the beloved city, but  k fire came down from heaven [2] and consumed them, 10and the devil  l who had deceived them was  m thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where  n the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

11[†]Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence  o earth and sky fled away, and  p no place was found for them. 12[†]And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and  q books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is  r the book of life. And  s the dead were judged by what was written in the books,  t according to what they had done. 13[†]And the sea gave up the dead who were in it,  u Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them,  t according to what they had done. 14[†]Then  u Death and Hades  v were thrown into the lake of fire. This is  w the second death, the lake of fire. 15[†]And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life,  x he was thrown into the lake of fire.