The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which ^aGod gave Him to ^bshow to His slaves ^cthe things which must soon happen; and He indicated this ^dby sending it through His angel to His slave ^1eJohn, 2 who bore witness to ^athe word of God and to ^bthe witness of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 ^aBlessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep the things which are written in it, ^bfor the time is near.

4 ^aJohn to ^bthe seven churches that are in ^cAsia: ^dGrace to you and peace, from ^ethe One who is and who was and who ¹is to come, and from ^fthe seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, ^athe faithful witness, the ^bfirstborn of the dead, and the ^cruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who ^dloves us and released us from our sins ¹by His blood— 6 and He has made us to be a ^akingdom, ^bpriests to ^1cHis God and Father—^dto Him be the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen. 7 ^aBEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and ^bEVERY EYE WILL SEE HIM, EVEN THOSE WHO PIERCED HIM; and all the tribes of the earth will ^cMOURN OVER HIM. Yes, amen.

8 “I am ^athe Alpha and the Omega,” says the ^1bLord God, “^cwho is and who was and who ²is to come, the Almighty.”

9 ^aI, John, your ^bbrother and ^cfellow partaker in the tribulation and ^dkingdom and ^1eperseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^fbecause of the word of God and the witness of Jesus. 10 I was ^1ain the Spirit on ^bthe Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^clike a trumpet, 11 saying, “^aWrite in a scroll what you see, and send it to the ^bseven churches: to ^cEphesus and to ^dSmyrna and to ^ePergamum and to ^fThyatira and to ^gSardis and to ^hPhiladelphia and to ⁱLaodicea.”

12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw ^aseven golden lampstands; 13 and ^ain the middle of the lampstands I saw one ^blike ¹a son of man, ^cclothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and ^dgirded across His chest with a golden sash. 14 And His head and His ^ahair were white like white wool, like snow; and ^bHis eyes were like a flame of fire. 15 His ^afeet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His ^bvoice was like the sound of many waters, 16 and having in His right hand ^aseven stars, and a ^bsharp two-edged sword which comes out of His mouth, and His ^cface was like ^dthe sun ¹shining in its power.

17 And when I saw Him, I ^afell at His feet like a dead man. And He ^bplaced His right hand on me, saying, “^cDo not fear; ^dI am THE FIRST AND THE LAST, 18 and the ^aliving One; and I ^1bwas dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever, and I have ^cthe keys of death and of Hades. 19 Therefore ^awrite ^bthe things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place ^cafter these things. 20 As for the ^amystery of the ^bseven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the ^cseven golden lampstands: the ^dseven stars are the angels of ^ethe seven churches, and the seven ^flampstands are the seven churches.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which ^aGod gave Him to ^bshow to His bond-servants, ^cthe things which must soon take place; and He sent and ¹communicated it ^dby His angel to His bond-servant ^eJohn, 2 who testified to ^athe word of God and to ^bthe testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw. 3 ^aBlessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and ¹keep the things which are written in it; ^bfor the time is near.

4 ^aJohn to ^bthe seven churches that are in ^cAsia: ^dGrace to you and peace from ^eHim who is, and who was, and who ¹is to come, and from ^fthe ²seven spirits who are before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, ^athe faithful witness, the ^bfirstborn of the dead, and the ^cruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who ^dloves us and released us from our sins by His blood— 6 and He made us into a ^akingdom, ^bpriests to ^1cHis God and Father—^dto Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 ^aBEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and ^bevery eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will ^cmourn over Him. ¹So it is to be. Amen.

8 “I am ^athe Alpha and the Omega,” says the ^bLord God, “^cwho is and who was and who ¹is to come, the Almighty.”

9 ^aI, John, your ^bbrother and ^cfellow participant in the tribulation and ^dkingdom and ^1eperseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^fbecause of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was ^ain the ¹Spirit on ^bthe Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^clike the sound of a trumpet, 11 saying, “^aWrite ¹on a scroll what you see, and send it to the ^bseven churches: to ^cEphesus, ^dSmyrna, ^ePergamum, ^fThyatira, ^gSardis, ^hPhiladelphia, and ⁱLaodicea.”

12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw ^aseven golden lampstands; 13 and ^ain the middle of the lampstands I saw one ^blike ¹a son of man, ^cclothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and ^dwrapped around the chest with a golden sash. 14 His head and His ^ahair were white like white wool, like snow; and ^bHis eyes were like a flame of fire. 15 His ^afeet were like ¹burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His ^bvoice was like the sound of many waters. 16 In His right hand He held ^aseven stars, and out of His mouth came a ^bsharp two-edged sword; and His ^cface was like ^dthe sun ¹shining in its strength.

17 When I saw Him, I ^afell at His feet like a dead man. And He ^bplaced His right hand on me, saying, “^cDo not be afraid; ^dI am the first and the last, 18 and the ^aliving One; and I ^1bwas dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have ^cthe keys of death and of Hades. 19 Therefore ^awrite ^bthe things which you have seen, ¹and the things which are, and the things which will take place ^cafter these things. 20 As for the ^amystery of the ^bseven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the ^cseven golden lampstands: the ^dseven stars are the angels of ^ethe seven churches, and the seven ^flampstands are the seven churches.