² And he laid hold of the ^(A)dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and ^(B)bound him for a thousand years; ³ and he threw him into the ^(C)abyss, and shut it and ^(D)sealed it over him, so that he would ^(E)not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.

⁴ Then I saw ^(F)thrones, and ^(G)they sat on them, and ^(H)judgment was given to them. And I saw ^(I)the souls of those who had been beheaded because of ^[a]their ^(J)testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not ^(K)worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the ^(L)mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they ^(M)came to life and ^(N)reigned with Christ for a thousand years.