1The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave^a him to show his servants what must soon take place.^b He made it known by sending his angel^c to his servant John,^d ²who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God^e and the testimony of Jesus Christ.^f ³Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it,^g because the time is near.^h

Greetings and Doxology

⁴John,

To the seven churchesⁱ in the province of Asia:

Grace and peace to you^j from him who is, and who was, and who is to come,^k and from the seven spirits^a^l before his throne, ⁵and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,^m the firstborn from the dead,ⁿ and the ruler of the kings of the earth.^o

To him who loves us^p and has freed us from our sins by his blood,^q ⁶and has made us to be a kingdom and priests^r to serve his God and Father^s—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.^t

⁷“Look, he is coming with the clouds,”^b^u

and “every eye will see him,

even those who pierced him”;^v

and all peoples on earth “will mourn^w because of him.”^c

So shall it be! Amen.

⁸“I am the Alpha and the Omega,”^x says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,^y the Almighty.”^z

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Footnotes

aThat is, the sevenfold Spirit
b Daniel 7:13
c Zech. 12:10

Cross references

a Jn 12:49; 17:8
bver 19; Da 2:28, 29; Rev 22:6
c Rev 22:16
dver 4, 9; Rev 22:8
ever 9; See Heb 4:12
fver 9; 1 Co 1:6; Rev 6:9; 12:17; 19:10
g Lk 11:28; Rev 22:7
hSee Ro 13:11
iver 11, 20
jSee Ro 1:7
kver 8; Rev 4:8; 11:17; 16:5
l Isa 11:2; Rev 3:1; 4:5; 5:6
m Isa 55:4; Jn 18:37; Rev 3:14
n Ps 89:27; Col 1:18
oSee 1 Ti 6:15
pSee Ro 8:37
qSee Ro 3:25
rSee 1 Pe 2:5; Rev 5:10; 20:6
s Ro 15:6
tSee Ro 11:36
u Da 7:13; See Mt 16:27; 24:30; 26:64; See Lk 17:30; See 1 Co 1:7; See 1 Th 2:19; 4:16, 17
v Jn 19:34, 37
w Zec 12:10; Mt 24:30
xSee ver 17; Rev 21:6; 22:13
ySee ver 4
z Rev 4:8; 15:3; 19:6