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Prologue

The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

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Introduction and Benediction

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants — things which must [a]shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John,

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who testifies to everything he saw — that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

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who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw.

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Blessed 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, because the time is near.

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Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.

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Greetings and Doxology

John,
To the seven churches in the province of Asia:
Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spiritsa before his throne,

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Greeting the Seven Churches

John, to the seven churches which are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,

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and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,

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and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth.
To Him who [b]loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,

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and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father — to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

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and has made us [c]kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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“Look, he is coming with the clouds,”b
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;
and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.”c
So shall it be! Amen.

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

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“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

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“I am the Alpha and the Omega, [d]the Beginning and the End,” says the [e]Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

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John’s Vision of Christ

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.

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Vision of the Son of Man

I, John, [f]both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

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On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

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I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet,

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which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”

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saying, [g]“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches [h]which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

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I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,

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Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands,

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and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man,d dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest.

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and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.

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The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.

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His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire;

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His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.

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His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters;

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In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

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He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.

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When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.

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And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying [i]to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.

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I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

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I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of [j]Hades and of Death.

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“Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.

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[k]Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this.

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The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angelse of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

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The [l]mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the [m]angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands [n]which you saw are the seven churches.

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