Revelation 17

8 "The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and *17:8 One early ms is goinggo to destruction. And those who live on the earth, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was, and is not, and will *17:8 Lit be presentcome.