Revelation 20:6

4 Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

5 The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection.

Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

7 When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,

8 and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
KJV
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
WEB
Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.
ASV
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
DARBY
Blessed and holy he who has part in the first resurrection: over these the second death has no power; but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
BLB
Blessed and holy [is] the one having a part in the first resurrection! Over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him a thousand years.
ÅB
Salig og hellig er den som har del i den første oppstandelse; over dem har den annen død ikke makt, men de skal være Guds og Kristi prester og regjere med ham i tusen år.
OTB
Salige og hellige er de som har del i den første oppstandelsen. Den andre død har ingen makt over dem, men de skal være prester for Gud og Kristus, og skal herske med Ham i tusen år.
B1930
Salig og hellig er den som har del i den første opstandelse; over dem har den annen død ikke makt, men de skal være Guds og Kristi prester og regjere med ham i tusen år.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Revelation 2:11

    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.

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  • Revelation 1:6

    who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

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  • 1 Peter 2:9

    But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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  • Revelation 5:10

    You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

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  • 2 Timothy 2:12

    if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;

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  • Revelation 20:14

    Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.

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  • Daniel 12:12

    Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.

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  • Romans 8:17

    And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

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