Revelation 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: 2. Who bare record of the
word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things
that he saw. 3. Blessed is he that reads, and they that hear the words
of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it: for the
time is at hand. 4. John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace
be to you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to
come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 5. And
from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first born 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, 6. And has made us
kings and priests to God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion
for ever and ever. Amen. 7. Look, he comes with clouds; and every eye
shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all peoples of the
earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 8. I am Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the ending, says the Lord, which is, and which was,
and which is to come, the Almighty. 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. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's
day, and heard behind me a great voice, like a trumpet, 11. Saying, I am
Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What you see, write in a
book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia; to Ephesus,
Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. 12.
And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned, I
saw seven golden candlesticks; 13. And in the midst of the seven
candlesticks one like the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the
foot, and with a golden sash wrapped around his chest. 14. His head and
his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a
flame of fire; 15. And his feet like fine brass, as if they burned in a
furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. 16. And he had in
his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two edged
sword: and his face was as the sun shining in its power. 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: 18. I am he that
lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and
have the keys of hell and of death. 19. Write the things which you have
seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
20. The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and
the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the
seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which you saw are the seven
churches.
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