aJohn 17:7, 8; [John 8:26; 14:10]
bch. 22:6
dch. 22:16
fJohn 19:35
gch. 6:9; 12:17; 19:10; See 1 Cor. 1:6
hver. 11, 19
ich. 22:7; [Luke 11:28; John 8:51; 1 John 2:3]
jch. 22:10; [1 John 2:18]; See Rom. 13:11
kver. 8; ch. 4:8; Heb. 13:8
lEx. 3:14 (Gk.)
mJohn 1:1
nch. 3:1; 4:5; 5:6
och. 3:14; John 18:37; 1 Tim. 6:13; [ch. 2:13; Ps. 89:37; Isa. 55:4]
pCol. 1:18; [Ps. 89:27; Acts 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:20]
qch. 17:14; 19:16; [Ps. 89:27]
rJohn 13:34; 15:9
s1 Pet. 1:18, 19
tch. 5:10; 20:6; 1 Pet. 2:9
uch. 5:10; 20:6; 1 Pet. 2:9
vSee Rom. 15:6
wSee Rom. 11:36
x1 Pet. 4:11
yDan. 7:13; See Matt. 16:27
zZech. 12:10; John 19:37
abch. 21:6; 22:13; [Isa. 41:4; 43:10; 44:6]
acver. 4
ad[Phil. 4:14]
aeJohn 16:33
af2 Tim. 2:12
agch. 3:10
ahSee ver. 2
aich. 4:2; [ch. 17:3; 21:10; 1 Kgs. 18:12; Ezek. 3:12; Matt. 22:43; 2 Cor. 12:2]
ajActs 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2
akch. 4:1

Revelation of John 1:1-10

Prologue

1The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God agave him bto show to his servants ▼
▼Greek bondservants
 the things that must soon take place. dHe made it known by sending his angel to his servant ▼
▼Greek bondservant
 John, 2 fwho bore witness to the word of God and to gthe testimony of Jesus Christ, even hto all that he saw. 3 iBlessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, jfor the time is near.

Greeting to the Seven Churches

4John to the seven churches that are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from khim lwho is and mwho was and who is to come, and from nthe seven spirits who are before his throne, 5and from Jesus Christ othe faithful witness, pthe firstborn of the dead, and qthe ruler of kings on earth.

To rhim who loves us and shas freed us from our sins by his blood 6and made us ta kingdom, upriests to vhis God and Father, to him be wglory and xdominion forever and ever. Amen. 7Behold, yhe is coming with the clouds, and zevery eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail ▼
▼Or mourn
 on account of him. Even so. Amen.

8 ab“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, ac“who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Vision of the Son of Man

9I, John, your brother and adpartner in aethe tribulation and afthe kingdom and agthe patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ahon account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 aiI was in the Spirit ajon the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice aklike a trumpet
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