The Revelation of John
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The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants,
even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and
signified it by his angel unto his servant John; 1:2who
bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ,
even
of all things that he saw. 1:3Blessed
is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep
the things that are written therein: for the time is at hand. 1:4John
to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him
who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits that
are before his throne; 1:5and
from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of
the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth
us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood; 1:6and
he made us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto his God and
Father; to him be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever.
Amen. 1:7Behold,
he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced
him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
1:8I
am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and
who is to come, the Almighty. 1:9I
John, your brother and partaker with you in tribulation and kingdom and
patience which are in Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos,
for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 1:10I
was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice,
as of a trumpet 1:11saying,
What thou seest, write in a book and send it to the seven churches:
unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and
unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 1:12And
I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And having turned I saw seven
golden candlesticks; 1:13and
in the midst of the candlesticks one like unto a son of man, clothed with
a garment down to the foot, and girt about at the breasts with a golden
girdle. 1:14And
his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; and
his eyes were as a flame of fire; 1:15and
his feet like unto burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace;
and his voice as the voice of many waters. 1:16And
he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a
sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his
strength. 1:17And
when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand
upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last, 1:18and
the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and
I have the keys of death and of Hades. 1:19Write
therefore the things which thou sawest, and the things which are, and the
things which shall come to pass hereafter; 1:20the
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 are seven churches.