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Revelation 1

Introduction and Benediction

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, ^awhich God gave Him to show His servants—things which must ¹shortly take place. And ^bHe sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2 ^awho bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things ^bthat he saw. 3 ^aBlessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for ^bthe time is near.

Greeting the Seven Churches

4 John, to the seven churches which are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from Him ^awho is and ^bwho was and who is to come, ^cand from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, ^athe faithful ^bwitness, the ^cfirstborn from the dead, and ^dthe ruler over the kings of the earth.

To Him ^ewho ¹loved us ^fand washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has ^amade us ¹kings and priests to His God and Father, ^bto Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
7 Behold, He is coming with ^aclouds, and every eye will see Him, even ^bthey who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
8 ^a“I am the Alpha and the Omega, ¹the Beginning and the End,” says the ²Lord, ^b“who is and who was and who is to come, the ^cAlmighty.”

Vision of the Son of Man

9 I, John, ¹both your brother and ^acompanion in the tribulation and ^bkingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10 ^aI was in the Spirit on ^bthe Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me ^ca loud voice, as of a trumpet, 11 saying, ¹“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches ²which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
12 Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned ^aI saw seven golden lampstands, 13 ^aand in the midst of the seven lampstands ^bOne like the Son of Man, ^cclothed with a garment down to the feet and ^dgirded about the chest with a golden band. 14 His head and ^ahair were white like wool, as white as snow, and ^bHis eyes like a flame of fire; 15 ^aHis feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and ^bHis voice as the sound of many waters; 16 ^aHe had in His right hand seven stars, ^bout of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, ^cand His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. 17 And ^awhen I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But ^bHe laid His right hand on me, saying ¹to me, “Do not be afraid; ^cI am the First and the Last. 18 ^aI am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, ^bI am alive forevermore. Amen. And ^cI have the keys of ¹Hades and of Death. 19 ¹Write the things which you have ^aseen, ^band the things which are, ^cand the things which will take place after this. 20 The ¹mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are ^athe ²angels of the seven churches, and ^bthe seven lampstands ³which you saw are the seven churches.

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