^2:26 I have received authority from my Father.^[a] I will give authority over the nations to everyone who wins the victory and continues to do what I want until the end.

I will give authority over the nations to everyone

This phrase is found in verse 8 of the great Messianic Psalm 2. The people at Thyatira who have staying power until the end will have authority over the nations plus the rest of the promise in the next verse.

who wins the victory

The promised blessing with an added provision ( see format).

and continues to do what I want until the end.

^[a] The first part of verse 28 (in Greek) has been moved to the beginning of verse 26 to express the complex Greek sentence structure more clearly in English.