Rev 1
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The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to Him to show His servants the[ ]things
which must come to pass quickly. And He made it known by sending it through His angel
to His servant John,
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who testified to the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things
as He saw, both the things that are and those that must happen after these.
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Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and who keep
the things having been written in it; for the time is near.
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John, to the seven churches [which are] in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who
is, and who was, and who is coming, and from the seven-fold Spirit who is before His
throne,
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and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the
ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and who washed us from our sins
in His own blood,
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and He made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be the glory and dominion
forever and ever. Amen.
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Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, and those who pierced
Him. And all the tribes of the earth will wail because of Him. Even so, Amen!
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"I am the Alpha and the Omega,"says the Lord God, "He who is and He who was and He
who is to come, The Almighty."
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I, John, your brother and partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and endurance in
Christ Jesus, came to be on the island that is called Patmos on account of the word
of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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I was in [the ]Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard a loud voice like a trumpet behind
me,
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saying, "That which you see, write in a book and send to the seven churches: to Ephesus,
to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."
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And there I turned to see the voice which was speaking with me. And having turned
I saw seven golden lampstands,
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and in the midst of the seven lampstands [stood One] like [the] Son of Man, having
been clothed in a [robe] reaching to [His] feet and having been girded across [His]
chest with a golden belt.
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And His head and His hair were white, and like white wool, like snow, and His eyes
[were ]like a flame of fire;
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And His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the
sound of many waters;
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He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged
sword, and His countenance was as the sun shining in its strength.
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And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as [if] dead. But He put His right hand on
me, saying, "Do not fear; I am the First and the Last.
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I am He who lives, and became dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And
I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
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Write therefore the things which you saw, and the things which are, and the things
which shall be hereafter.
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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 churches, and the seven lampstands
which you saw are the seven churches.