Revelation 1:1–7

PROLOGUE

1 The revelation ofA Jesus Christ that God gave him to show his servantsa what must soon take place.b He made it known by sending his angelc to his servant John,d 2 who testified to the word of God and to the testimonyB of Jesus Christ,e whatever he saw.C 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy,f and blessed are those who hear the words of this prophecy and keepD what is written in it, because the time is near.

4 John: To the seven churches in Asia. Grace and peaceg to you fromE the one who is, who was, and who is to come,h and from the seven spiritsF,i before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness,j the firstborn from the deadk and the ruler of the kings of the earth.l

To him who loves us and has set us freeG from our sins by his blood,m 6 and made us a kingdom,H priests* n to his God and Father—to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.o

7 Look, he is coming with the clouds,p

and every eye will see him,

even those who pierced him.

And all the tribesJ of the earthK,q

will mourn over him.L,M,r

So it is to be. Amen.

A	Or Revelation of, or A revelation of
a	Ac 2:18 Ro 6:19 1 Pe 2:16 Re 22:6
b	Da 2:28–29 Da 2:45 Re 22:6
c	Ge 24:7 Mt 1:24 Ac 12:11
d	Jn 21:7 Re 22:8
B	Or witness
e	1 Co 1:6 Re 12:17 Re 19:10 Re 20:4
C	Or as many as he saw
f	Re 14:13 Re 16:15 Re 19:9 Re 20:6 Re 22:7 Re 22:14
D	Or follow, or obey
g	Tt 1:4
E	Other mss add God
h	Re 1:8 Re 1:17 Re 4:8 Re 16:5
F	Or the sevenfold Spirit
i	Re 3:1 Re 4:5 Re 5:6
j	Ps 89:37 Jn 18:37 Re 2:13 Re 3:14
k	Ps 89:27 Ac 26:23 Ro 8:29 1 Co 15:20–23 Col 1:18
l	Ps 89:27 Re 17:14 Re 19:16
G	Other mss read has washed us
m	Dt 7:8 Ro 8:2
H	Other mss read kings and
*	Ex 19:6
n	Ex 19:6 1 Pe 2:9 Re 5:10 Re 20:6
o	Ro 11:36 1 Pe 4:11 Jud 25 Re 7:12
p	Is 19:1 Zec 12:10 Jn 19:34–37
J	Or peoples
K	Ge 12:3 Ge 28:14 Zec 14:17
q	Ge 12:3 Ge 28:14 Zec 14:17
L	Or will wail because of him
M	Da 7:13 Zec 12:10
r	Da 7:13 Zec 12:10