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CHAP. 1. / 4 Iohn writeth his reuelation to the seuen Churches of Asia, signified by the seuen golden Candlestickes. 7 The comming of Christ. 14 His glorious power and maiestie.

1The Reuelation of Iesus Christ, which GOD gaue vnto him, to shewe vnto his seruants things which must shortly come to passe; and he sent and signified it by his Angel vnto his seruant Iohn,Select Revelation 1:1

2Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimonie of Iesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.Select Revelation 1:2

3Blessed is hee that readeth, and they that heare the words of this prophesie, and keepe those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.Select Revelation 1:3

4Iohn to the seuen Churches in Asia, Grace be vnto you, & peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come, and from the seuen spirits which are before his throne:Select Revelation 1:4

5And from Iesus Christ, who is the faithful witnesse, and the first begotten of the dead, and the Prince of the kings of the earth: vnto him that loued vs, and washed vs from our sinnes in his owne blood,Select Revelation 1:5

6And hath made vs Kings and Priests vnto God and his Father: to him be glory and dominion for euer and euer, Amen.Select Revelation 1:6

7Behold he commeth with clouds, and euery eye shal see him, and they also which pearced him: and all kinreds of the earth shall waile because of him: euen so. Amen.Select Revelation 1:7

8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.Select Revelation 1:8

9I Iohn, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdome and patience of Iesus Christ, was in the Isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimonie of Iesus Christ.Select Revelation 1:9

10I was in the spirit on the Lords day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,Select Revelation 1:10

11Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and what thou seest, write in a booke, and send it vnto the seuen Churches which are in Asia, vnto Ephesus, and vnto Smyrna, and vnto Pergamos, and vnto Thyatira, and vnto Sardis, and Philadelphia, and vnto Laodicea.Select Revelation 1:11

12And I turned to see the voice that spake with mee. And being turned, I saw seuen golden Candlesticks,Select Revelation 1:12

13And in the midst of the seuen candlestickes, one like vnto the Sonne of man, clothed with a garment downe to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.Select Revelation 1:13

14His head, and his haires were white like wooll as white as snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire,Select Revelation 1:14

15And his feet like vnto fine brasse, as if they burned in a furnace: and his voice as the sound of many waters.Select Revelation 1:15

16And hee had in his right hand seuen starres: and out of his mouth went a sharpe two edged sword: and his countenance was as the Sunne shineth in his strength.Select Revelation 1:16

17And when I sawe him, I fell at his feete as dead: and hee laid his right hand vpon me, saying vnto mee, Feare not, I am the first, and the last.Select Revelation 1:17

18I am hee that liueth, and was dead: and behold, I am aliue for euermore, Amen, and haue the keyes of hell and of death.Select Revelation 1:18

19Write the things which thou hast seene, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter,Select Revelation 1:19

20The mysterie of the seuen starres which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seuen golden Candlestickes. The seuen Starres are the Angels of the seuen Churches: and the seuen candlestickes which thou sawest, are the seuen Churches.Select Revelation 1:20