| Chapter 1 |
| 1 | The Revelation of Jesus Christ,
which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly
come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant
John: |
| 2 |
Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of
Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. |
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3 | Blessed 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. |
| 4 | John to the
seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which
is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are
before his throne; |
| 5 | And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful
witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the
earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own
blood, |
| 6 |
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to
him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. |
| 7 | Behold, he
cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced
him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so,
Amen. |
| 8 |
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the
Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. |
| 9 | I
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. |
| 10 | I was in
the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a
trumpet, |
| 11
| Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last:
and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches
which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto
Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. |
| 12 |
And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven
golden candlesticks; |
| 13 | And in the midst of the seven candlesticks
one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt
about the paps with a golden girdle. |
| 14 | His head and his hairs were
white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
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| 15 | And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and
his voice as the sound of many waters. |
| 16 | And he had in his right hand
seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his
countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. |
| 17 | And when I
saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying
unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: |
| 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. |
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19 | Write the things which thou hast seen,
and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; |
| 20 |
The 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. |
