1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to
show to his servants things which must shortly come to pass;
and he sent and signified [it] by his angel to his servant
John:
1:2 Who bore testimony of the word of God, and of the testimony
of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
1:3 Blessed [is] he that readeth, and they that hear the words
of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written
therein: for the time [is] at hand.
1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace [be] to
you, and peace, from him 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, [who is] the faithful witness, [and]
the first-begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of
the earth. To him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in
his own blood,
1:6 And hath made us kings and priests to God and his Father; to
him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him,
and they [also] who pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth
shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith
the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the
Almighty.
1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in
tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ,
was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and
for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me
a great voice, as of a trumpet,
1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and,
What thou seest, write in a book, and send [it] to the seven
churches which are in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to
Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia,
and to Laodicea.
1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And
having turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks [one] like the
Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt
about the paps with a golden girdle.
1:14 His head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool, as white
as snow; and his eyes [were] as a flame of fire;
1:15 And his feet like fine brass, as if they burned in a
furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his
mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance [was]
as the sun shineth in his strength.
1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid
his right hand upon me, saying to me, Fear not; I am the first
and the last:
1:18 [I am] he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive
for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which
are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my
right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars
are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven
candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
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