⁹^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 witness of Jesus.

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Footnotes

1Or steadfastness

Cross references

a Rev 1:1
b Acts 1:15
c Matt 20:23; Acts 14:22; 2 Cor 1:7; Phil 4:14
d 2 Tim 2:12; Rev 1:6
e 2 Thess 3:5; Rev 3:10
f Rev 1:2

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I, John, your brother and partner in the affliction, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

NLTNew Living Translation

I, John, am your brother and your partner in suffering and in God’s Kingdom and in the patient endurance to which Jesus calls us. I was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the word of God and for my testimony about Jesus.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I, John, your brother and co-sharer in the affliction and kingdom and steadfastness in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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