1Revelation 1

1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show to his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel to his servant John:Select Revelation 1:1

2Who bore testimony of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.Select Revelation 1:2

3Blessed [is] he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time [is] at hand.Select Revelation 1:3

4John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace [be] 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;Select Revelation 1:4

5And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first-begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,Select Revelation 1:5

6And hath made us kings and priests to God and his Father; to him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.Select Revelation 1:6

7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they [also] who pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.Select Revelation 1:7

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

9I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.Select Revelation 1:9

10I was in the Spirit on the Lord's 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 book, and send [it] to the seven churches which are in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.Select Revelation 1:11

12And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;Select Revelation 1:12

13And in the midst of the seven candlesticks [one] like the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.Select Revelation 1:13

14His head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes [were] as a flame of fire;Select Revelation 1:14

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

16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance [was] as the sun shineth in his strength.Select Revelation 1:16

17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying to me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:Select Revelation 1:17

18[I am] he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.Select Revelation 1:18

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

20The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.Select Revelation 1:20