¹⁰ And he said to me, Let not the words of this prophet's book be kept secret, because the time is near.

⁴ And when the seven thunders had given out their voices, I was about to put their words down: and a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Keep secret the things which the seven thunders said, and do not put them in writing.

³ A blessing be on the reader, and on those who give ear to the prophet's words, and keep the things which he has put in the book: for the time is near.

²⁶ And the vision of evenings and mornings which has been talked of is true: and keep the vision secret; for it has to do with the far-off future.

⁷ But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;

¹² The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,

²⁷ What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.

²³ For this cause say to them, This is what the Lord has said: I have made this saying come to an end, and it will no longer be used as a common saying in Israel; but say to them, The days are near, and the effect of every vision.

²⁰ He who gives witness to these things says, Truly, I come quickly. Even so come, Lord Jesus.

¹⁶ I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give witness to you of these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star.

¹² See, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give to every man the outcome of his works.

¹³ I am the First and the Last, the start and the end.

¹ And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat, a book with writing inside it and on the back, shut with seven stamps of wax.

³ Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction,

⁹ And he said, Go on your way, Daniel: for the words are secret and shut up till the time of the end;

⁴ But as for you, O Daniel, let the words be kept secret and the book rolled up and kept shut till the time of the end: numbers will be going out of the way and troubles will be increased.

⁶ Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.

¹⁶ Let my teaching be kept secret: and my words be given to my disciples only.