¹⁷ Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils^(A) and be flogged in the synagogues.^(B)

¹⁸ On my account you will be brought before governors and kings^(A) as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

²¹ “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents^(A) and have them put to death.^(B)

²² You will be hated by everyone because of me,^(A) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.^(B)

⁹ “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted^(A) and put to death,^(B) and you will be hated by all nations because of me.^(C)

³³ “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.^(A) In this world you will have trouble.^(B) But take heart! I have overcome^(C) the world.”

² He had James, the brother of John,^(A) put to death with the sword.^(B)

John’s Vision of Christ

⁹ I, John,^(A) your brother and companion in the suffering^(B) and kingdom^(C) and patient endurance^(D) that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God^(E) and the testimony of Jesus.^(F)