1Revelation 1

1This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,Select Revelation 1:1

2who testified to God’s word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.Select Revelation 1:2

3Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.Select Revelation 1:3

4John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, 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, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;Select Revelation 1:5

6and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.Select Revelation 1:6

7Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.Select Revelation 1:7

8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”Select Revelation 1:8

9I John, your brother and partner with you in oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.Select Revelation 1:9

10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpetSelect Revelation 1:10

11saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”Select Revelation 1:11

12I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lamp stands.Select Revelation 1:12

13And among the lamp stands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.Select Revelation 1:13

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

15His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.Select Revelation 1:15

16He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.Select Revelation 1:16

17When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,Select Revelation 1:17

18and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever more. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.Select Revelation 1:18

19Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter;Select Revelation 1:19

20the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands. The seven stars are the angelsof the seven assemblies. The seven lamp stands are seven assemblies.Select Revelation 1:20