Revelation 1:4–15

⁴John:

To the seven churches in Asia.

Grace and peace ^mto you from ⁿthe One who is, who was, and who is coming; ^ofrom the seven spirits ^pqbefore His throne; ⁵and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, ^rthe firstborn from the dead ^sand the ruler of the kings of the earth. ^t

To Him who loves us and has set us free ^ufrom our sins by His blood, ^v6and made us a kingdom, ^wpriests ^xyto His God and Father—the glory and dominion are His forever and ever. Amen. ^z

⁷Look! He is coming with the clouds, ^a

and every eye will see Him,

including those who pierced ^b Him.

And all the families of the earth ^cde

will mourn over Him. ^fgh

This is certain. Amen.

⁸“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” ⁱsays the Lord God, “the One who is, who was, and who is coming, the Almighty.”

John’s Vision of the Risen Lord

⁹I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation, ^jkingdom, ^kand endurance ^lthat are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of God’s word and the testimony about Jesus. ^mn10I was in the Spirit ^opqon the Lord’s day, ^rand I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet ^s11saying, “Write ^ton a scroll^u what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

¹²I turned to see whose voice ^vit was that spoke to me. When I turned I saw seven gold lampstands, ^w13and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, ^xydressed in a long robe ^zand with a gold sash wrapped around His chest. ^a14His head and hair were white like wool—white as snow ^b—and His eyes like a fiery flame. ^c15His feet were like fine bronze as it is fired in a furnace, ^dand His voice like the sound of cascading ^ewaters. ^f