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

John’s Vision of Christ

⁹I, John,^a your brother and companion in the suffering^b and kingdom^c and patient endurance^d that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God^e and the testimony of Jesus.^f ¹⁰On the Lord’s Day^g I was in the Spirit,^h and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,ⁱ ¹¹which said: “Write on a scroll what you see^j and send it to the seven churches:^k to Ephesus,^l Smyrna,^m Pergamum,ⁿ Thyatira,^o Sardis,^p Philadelphia^q and Laodicea.”^r

¹²I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,^s ¹³and among the lampstands^t was someone like a son of man,^d^u dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet^v and with a golden sash around his chest.^w ¹⁴The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.^x ¹⁵His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,^y and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.^z

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Footnotes

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

Cross references

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
aver 1
bSee Ac 14:22; 2 Co 1:7; Php 4:14
cver 6
d 2 Ti 2:12
ever 2; See Heb 4:12
fSee ver 2
g Ac 20:7
h Rev 4:2; 17:3; 21:10
i Ex 20:18; Rev 4:1
jver 19
kver 4, 20
lSee Ac 18:19
m Rev 2:8
n Rev 2:12
o Ac 16:14; Rev 2:18, 24
p Rev 3:1
q Rev 3:7
rSee Col 2:1; Rev 3:14
sver 20; Ex 25:31–40; Zec 4:2; Rev 2:1
t Rev 2:1
u Eze 1:26; Da 7:13; 10:16; Rev 14:14
v Isa 6:1
w Da 10:5; Rev 15:6
x Da 7:9; 10:6; Rev 2:18; 19:12
y Eze 1:7; Da 10:6; Rev 2:18
z Eze 43:2; Rev 14:2; 19:6