⁹ For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead,^(A) he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.^(B)

⁹ For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life^(A) so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.^(B)

To the Church in Smyrna

⁸ “To the angel of the church in Smyrna^(A) write:

⁶ And he swore^(A) by him who lives for ever and ever,^(B) who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it,^(C) and said, “There will be no more delay!^(D)