The Revelation to John, Chapter 1
{1:1} This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to
show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent
and made known by his angel to his servant, John, {1:2} who testified
to God's word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything
that he saw.
{1:3} Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the
prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is
at hand.
{1:4} John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you
and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from
the seven Spirits who are before his throne; {1:5} and from Jesus
Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler
of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our
sins by his blood; {1:6} and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to
his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and
ever. Amen.
{1:7} Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see
him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will
mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
{1:8} "I am the Alpha and the Omega,[1]" says the Lord [2>]God,[<2]
"who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
{1:9} I John, your brother and partner with you in oppression,
Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is
called Patmos because of God's Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
{1:10} I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a
loud voice, like a trumpet {1:11} saying, "[3]What you see, write in a
book and send to the seven assemblies[4]: to Ephesus, Smyrna,
Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."
{1:12} I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned,
I saw seven golden lampstands. {1:13} And among the lampstands was one
like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and
with a golden sash around his chest. {1:14} His head and his hair were
white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.
{1:15} His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined
in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters. {1:16} He
had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp
two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
{1:17} When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man.
He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the
first and the last, {1:18} and the Living one. I was dead, and behold,
I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
{1:19} Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things
which are, and the things which will happen hereafter; {1:20} the
mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the
seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven
assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies.
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Footnotes:
[1] {1:8} TR adds "the Beginning and the End"
[2] {1:8} TR omits "God"
[3] {1:11} TR adds "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the
Last."
[4] {1:11} TR adds "which are in Asia"
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