¹⁸ But the saints of the Most High will take the kingdom, and it will be theirs for ever, even for ever and ever.

⁴ And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.

²⁶ He who overcomes, and keeps my works to the end, to him I will give rule over the nations,

²⁷ And he will be ruling them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of the potter they will be broken, even as I have power from my Father:

²⁷ And the kingdom and the authority and the power of the kingdoms under all the heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and all powers will be his servants and do his pleasure.

¹² For the nation or kingdom which will not be your servant will come to destruction; such nations will be completely waste.

¹³ The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the cypress, the plane, and the sherbin-tree together, to make my holy place beautiful; and the resting-place of my feet will be full of glory.

¹⁴ And the sons of those who were cruel to you will come before you with bent heads; and those who made sport of you will go down on their faces at your feet; and you will be named, The Town of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

⁵ Let the saints have joy and glory: let them give cries of joy on their beds.

⁶ Let the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hands;

⁷ To give the nations the reward of their sins, and the peoples their punishment;

⁸ To put their kings in chains, and their rulers in bands of iron;

⁹ To give them the punishment which is in the holy writings: this honour is given to all his saints. Praise be to the Lord.

¹⁰ And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth.

¹¹ This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:

¹² If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:

²² Till he came, who was very old, and the decision was made and the authority was given to the saints of the Most High; and the time came when the saints took the kingdom.

²¹ To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.

¹² For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

¹⁶ Your children will take the place of your fathers; so that you may make them rulers over all the earth.