Revelation of John 1
The Revelation of Jesus Christ
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which aGod gave Him to bshow to His bond-servants, cthe things which must soon take place; and He sent and ▼▼Or signified
communicated it eby His angel to His bond-servant fJohn, 2who testified to gthe word of God and to hthe testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw. 3 iBlessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and ▼▼Or follow
keep the things which are written in it; kfor the time is near. Message to the Seven Churches
4 lJohn to mthe seven churches that are in nAsia: oGrace to you and peace from pHim who is, and who was, and who ▼▼Or is coming
is to come, and from rthe ▼▼Possibly a symbolic reference to the Holy Spirit in His fullness, or to seven key angels
seven spirits who are before His throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, tthe faithful witness, the ufirstborn of the dead, and the vruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who wloves us and released us from our sins by His blood-- 6and He made us into a xkingdom, ypriests to ▼▼Or God and His Father
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aaHis God and Father-- abto Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 acBehold, He is coming with the clouds, and adevery eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will aemourn over Him. ▼▼Or Yes. Amen.
So it is to be. Amen. 8 “I am agthe Alpha and the Omega,” says the ahLord God, “ aiwho is and who was and who ▼▼Or is coming
is to come, the Almighty.” The Patmos Vision
9 akI, John, your albrother and amfellow participant in the tribulation and ankingdom and ▼▼Or steadfastness
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apperseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos aqbecause of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10I was arin the ▼▼Or spirit
Spirit on atthe Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice aulike the sound of a trumpet, 11saying, “ avWrite ▼▼Or in a book
on a scroll what you see, and send it to the axseven churches: to ayEphesus, azSmyrna, baPergamum, bbThyatira, bcSardis, bdPhiladelphia, and beLaodicea.” 12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw bfseven golden lampstands; 13and bgin the middle of the lampstands I saw one bhlike ▼▼Or the Son of Man
a son of man, bjclothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and bkwrapped around the chest with a golden sash. 14His head and His blhair were white like white wool, like snow; and bmHis eyes were like a flame of fire. 15His bnfeet were like ▼▼Or fine brass
burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His bpvoice was like the sound of many waters. 16In His right hand He held bqseven stars, and out of His mouth came a brsharp two-edged sword; and His bsface was like btthe sun ▼▼Lit shines
shining in its strength. 17 When I saw Him, I bvfell at His feet like a dead man. And He bwplaced His right hand on me, saying, “ bxDo not be afraid; byI am the first and the last, 18 and the bzliving One; and I ▼▼Lit became
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cbwas dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have ccthe keys of death and of Hades. 19 Therefore cdwrite cethe things which you have seen, ▼▼Or both the things
and the things which are, and the things which will take place cgafter these things. 20 As for the chmystery of the ciseven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the cjseven golden lampstands: the ckseven stars are the angels of clthe seven churches, and the seven cmlampstands are the seven churches.
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