7 "Look! I’m coming soon. Favored is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy contained in this scroll."
8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown them to me.
9 But he said to me, "Don’t do that! I’m a servant just like you and your brothers and sisters, the prophets, and those who keep the words of this scroll. Worship God!"
10 Then he said to me, "Don’t seal up the words of the prophecy contained in this scroll, because the time is near.
11 Let those who do wrong keep doing what is wrong. Let the filthy still be filthy. Let those who are righteous keep doing what is right. Let those who are holy still be holy.
12 "Look! I’m coming soon. My reward is with me, to repay all people as their actions deserve.
13 I am the alpha and the omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.