¹¹ And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever.^(A) There will be no rest day or night^(B) for those who worship the beast and its image,^(C) or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”^{(D) 12} This calls for patient endurance^(E) on the part of the people of God^(F) who keep his commands^(G) and remain faithful to Jesus.

¹³ Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord^(H) from now on.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit,^(I) “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”