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 1communicated
it dby His angel
to His bond-servant
eJohn
,
who testified
to athe word
of God
and to bthe testimony
of Jesus
Christ
, even to all
that he saw
.
aBlessed is he who reads
and those
who hear
the words
of the prophecy
, and 1heed
the things which are written
in it; bfor the time
is near
.
aJohn to bthe seven
churches
that are in cAsia
: dGrace
to you and peace
, from eHim who is and who was and who 1is to come
, and from fthe seven
Spirits
who
are before
His throne
,
and from Jesus Christ
, athe faithful
witness
, the bfirstborn
of the dead
, and the cruler
of the kings
of the earth
. To Him who dloves
us and released
us from our sins
1by His blood
--
and He has made us to be a akingdom
, apriests
to 1 bHis God
and Father
-- cto Him be the glory
and the dominion
forever
and ever
. Amen
.
aBEHOLD, HE IS COMING
WITH THE CLOUDS
, and bevery
eye
will see
Him, even
those who
pierced
Him; and all
the tribes
of the earth
will cmourn
over
Him. So
it is to be. Amen
.
"I am athe Alpha
and the Omega
," says
the bLord
God
, " cwho is and who
was and who 1is to come
, the Almighty
."
aI, John, your bbrother
and cfellow
partaker
in the tribulation
and dkingdom
and 1 eperseverance
which are in Jesus
, was on the island
called
Patmos
fbecause
of the word
of God
and the testimony
of Jesus
.
I was 1 ain the Spirit on bthe Lord's
day
, and I heard
behind
me a loud
voice
clike
the sound of a trumpet
,
saying, " aWrite
in a 1book
what
you see
, and send
it to the bseven
churches
: to cEphesus
and to dSmyrna
and to ePergamum
and to fThyatira
and to gSardis
and to hPhiladelphia
and to iLaodicea
."
Then I turned
to see
the voice
that was speaking
with me. And having turned
I saw
aseven
golden
lampstands
;
and ain the middle of the lampstands
I saw one
blike
1a son
of man
, cclothed
in a robe
reaching
to the feet
, and dgirded
across
His chest
with a golden
sash
.
His head and His ahair
were white
like
white
wool
, like
snow
; and bHis eyes
were like
a flame
of fire
.
His afeet were like
burnished
bronze
, when
it has been made
to glow
in a furnace
, and His bvoice
was like
the sound
of many
waters
.
In His right hand
He held
aseven
stars
, and out of His mouth
came
a bsharp
two-edged
sword
; and His cface
was like
dthe sun
1shining
in its strength
.
When I saw
Him, I afell
at His feet
like
a dead
man
. And He bplaced
His right
hand
on me, saying
, " cDo not be afraid
; dI am
the first
and the last
,
and the aliving One; and I 1 bwas dead
, and behold
, I am
alive
forevermore
, and I have
cthe keys
of death
and of Hades
.
"Therefore awrite
bthe things which
you have seen
, and the things which
are, and the things which
will take
place
cafter
these
things
.
"As for the amystery of the bseven
stars
which
you saw
in My right
hand
, and the cseven
golden
lampstands
: the bseven
stars
are the angels
of dthe seven
churches
, and the seven
elampstands
are the seven
churches
.