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1The revelation of Jesus Christ that God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,[#1:1 Or Revelation of , or A revelation of; #1:1 Ac 2:18; Rm 6:19; 1Pt 2:16; Rv 22:6; #1:1 Dn 2:28–29,45; Rv 22:6; #1:1 Gn 24:7; Mt 1:24; Ac 12:11; #1:1 Jn 21:7; Rv 22:8]
2who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, whatever he saw.[#1:2 Or witness; #1:2 1Co 1:6; Rv 12:17; 19:10; 20:4; #1:2 Or as many as he saw]
3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep what is written in it, because the time is near.[#1:3 Rv 14:13; 16:15; 19:9; 20:6; 22:7,14; #1:3 Or follow , or obey]
4John: To the seven churches in Asia. Grace and peace to you from the one who is, who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits , before his throne,[#1:4 Ti 1:4; #1:4 Other mss add God; #1:4 Rv 1:8,17; 4:8; 16:5; #1:4 Or the sevenfold Spirit; #1:4 Rv 3:1; 4:5; 5:6]
5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth.[#1:5 Ps 89:37; Jn 18:37; Rv 2:13; 3:14; #1:5 Ps 89:27; Ac 26:23; Rm 8:29; 1Co 15:20–23; Col 1:18; #1:5 Ps 89:27; Rv 17:14; 19:16]
To him who loves us and has set us free from our sins by his blood,
6and made us a kingdom, priests , to his God and Father #— #to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.[#1:6 Other mss read kings and; #1:6 Or made us into (or to be ) a kingdom of priests ; Ex 19:6; #1:6 Ex 19:6; 1Pt 2:9; Rv 5:10; 20:6; #1:6 Rm 11:36; 1Pt 4:11; Jd 25; Rv 7:12]
8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “the one who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”[#1:8 Is 44:6; Rv 21:6; 22:13]
9I, John, your brother and partner in the affliction, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.[#1:9 Jn 16:33; Ac 14:22; Rm 5:3; 2Tm 2:12; Rv 2:9; #1:9 Mt 25:34; Jms 2:5; #1:9 Rm 5:3–4; 8:25; 15:4; Col 1:11; 2Th 1:4; Heb 10:36; 12:1; Jms 1:3–4; Rv 2:3; 3:10; 13:10; 14:12; #1:9 Rv 1:2; 6:9; 12:17; 19:10; 20:4]
10I was in the Spirit , on the Lord’s day, and I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet[#1:10 Or in spirit ; lit I became in the Spirit; #1:10 1Kg 18:12; Ezk 3:12; 2Co 12:2; Rv 4:2; 17:3; 21:10; #1:10 Ex 19:16,19; 20:18; Ps 47:5]
11saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”[#1:11 Ex 34:27; Dt 31:19; Is 8:1; 30:8; Jr 30:2; 36:2,28; Hab 2:2; Rv 2:1,8,12,18; 3:1,7,14; 14:3; 19:9; 21:5; #1:11 Or book]
12Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me. When I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,[#1:12 Ex 20:18; #1:12 Ex 25:37; 37:23; 2Ch 4:20; Zch 4:2]
13and among the lampstands was one like the Son of Man, , dressed in a robe and with a golden sash wrapped around his chest.[#1:13 Or like a son of man; #1:13 Dn 7:13; 10:16; Rv 14:14; #1:13 Dn 10:5; #1:13 Rv 15:6]
14The hair of his head was white as wool #— #white as snow #— #and his eyes like a fiery flame.[#1:14 Is 1:18; Dn 7:9; #1:14 Dn 10:6; Rv 2:18; 19:12]
15His feet were like fine bronze as it is fired in a furnace, and his voice like the sound of cascading waters.[#1:15 Ezk 1:7; Dn 10:6; Rv 2:18; #1:15 Lit many; #1:15 Ezk 1:24; 43:2; Rv 14:2; 19:6]
16He had seven stars in his right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from his mouth, and his face was shining like the sun at full strength.[#1:16 Is 49:2; Heb 4:12; Rv 2:12,16; 19:15; #1:16 Mt 17:2; Rv 10:1]
17When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid. I am the First and the Last,[#1:17 Gn 17:3; Jdg 6:22–23; 13:20; Jb 42:5–6; Is 6:5; Ezk 1:28; Dn 8:17; Mt 17:6; Lk 1:12; 5:8; #1:17 Is 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; Rv 2:8; 22:13]
18and the Living One. I was dead, but look #— #I am alive forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.[#1:18 Mt 16:16; 26:63; Jn 6:57; Rv 4:10; 10:6; #1:18 Rm 6:9; 14:9; Rv 2:8; 10:6; #1:18 Mt 16:19]
19Therefore write what you have seen, what is, and what will take place after this.[#1:19 Ex 17:14; 34:27; Dt 31:19; Jr 30:2; Hab 2:2]
20The mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.[#1:20 Mt 13:35; Rm 16:25; #1:20 Or messengers; #1:20 Other mss add that you saw; #1:20 Mt 5:14–15]