| 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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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14 | His head and his hairs were white like wool, as
white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 19
| Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and
the things which shall be hereafter; |
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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. |
