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13 I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the first and the last,
the beginning and the end!)[a]

14 Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access[b] to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates. 15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers[c] and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood![d]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 22:13 sn These lines are parenthetical, forming an aside to the narrative. The speaker here is the Lord Jesus Christ himself rather than the narrator.
  2. Revelation 22:14 tn Grk “so that there will be to them authority over the tree of life.”
  3. Revelation 22:15 tn On the term φάρμακοι (pharmakoi) see L&N 53.101.
  4. Revelation 22:15 tn Or “lying,” “deceit.”

13 I am the Alpha and the Omega,(A) the First and the Last,(B) the Beginning and the End.(C)

14 “Blessed are those who wash their robes,(D) that they may have the right to the tree of life(E) and may go through the gates(F) into the city.(G) 15 Outside(H) are the dogs,(I) those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

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