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Revelation 1

Revelation 1

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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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    Prologue

    This is a revelation froma Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants the events that must soonb take place. He sent an angel to present this revelation 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 faithfully reported everything he saw. This is his report of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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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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    God blesses the one who reads the words of this prophecy to the church, and he blesses all who listen to its message and obey what it says, 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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    John’s Greeting to the Seven Churches

    This letter is from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia.c
    Grace and peace to you from the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come; from the sevenfold Spiritd 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. He is the faithful witness to these things, the first to rise from the dead, and the ruler of all the kings of the world.
    All glory to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us.
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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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    He has made us a Kingdom of priests for God his Father. All glory and power to him 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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    Look! He comes with the clouds of heaven.
    And everyone will see him —
    even those who pierced him.
    And all the nations of the world
    will mourn for him.
    Yes! 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 — the beginning and the end,”e says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come — the Almighty One.”
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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, 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.
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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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    It was the Lord’s Day, and I was worshiping in the Spirit.f Suddenly, I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet blast.
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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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    It said, “Write in a bookg everything you see, and send it to the seven churches in the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and 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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    When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold 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 standing in the middle of the lampstands was someone like the Son of Man.h He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash across his chest.
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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 his hair were white like wool, as white as snow. And his eyes were like flames 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 polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice thundered like mighty ocean waves.
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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 held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp two-edged sword came from his mouth. And his face was like the sun in all its brilliance.
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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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    When I saw him, I fell at his feet as if I were dead. But he laid his right hand on me and said, “Don’t 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 the living one. I died, but look — I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave.i
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    “Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.
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    “Write down what you have seen — both the things that are now happening and the things that will happen.j
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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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    This is the meaning of the mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands: The seven stars are the angelsk of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
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