1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, ^awhich God gave Him to show His servants—things which must ¹shortly take place. And ^bHe sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, ²^cwho bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things ^dthat he saw. ³^eBlessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for ^fthe time is near.

Greeting the Seven Churches

⁴John, to the seven churches which are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from Him ^gwho is and ^hwho was and who is to come, ⁱand from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, ⁵and from Jesus Christ, ^jthe faithful ^kwitness, the ^lfirstborn from the dead, and ^mthe ruler over the kings of the earth.

To Him ⁿwho ²loved us ^oand washed us from our sins in His own blood, ⁶and has ^pmade us ³kings and priests to His God and Father, ^qto Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

⁷Behold, He is coming with ^rclouds, and every eye will see Him, even ^sthey who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.

⁸^t“I am the Alpha and the Omega, ⁴the Beginning and the End,” says the ⁵Lord, ^u“who is and who was and who is to come, the ^vAlmighty.”

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Footnotes

1quickly or swiftly
2NU loves us and freed; M loves us and washed
3NU, M a kingdom
4NU, M omit the Beginning and the End
5NU, M Lord God

Cross references

a John 3:32
b Rev. 22:6
c 1 Cor. 1:6
d 1 John 1:1
e Luke 11:28; Rev. 22:7
f James 5:8; Rev. 22:10
g Ex. 3:14
h John 1:1
i[Is. 11:2]; Zech. 3:9; Rev. 3:1; 4:5; 5:6
j John 8:14; Prov. 14:5
k Is. 55:4
l Ps. 89:27; 1 Cor. 15:20; [Col. 1:18]
m Rev. 17:14
n John 13:34
o Heb. 9:14
p 1 Pet. 2:5, 9
q 1 Tim. 6:16
r Matt. 24:30
s Zech. 12:10–14; John 19:37
t Is. 41:4; Rev. 21:6; 22:13
u Rev. 4:8; 11:17
v Is. 9:6