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The Revelation of Jesus Christ

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The Revelation^G602 of Jesus^G2424 Christ^G5547, which^G3739 God^G2316 gave^G1325 Him to show^G1166 to His slaves^G1401 the things which^G3739 must^G1163 soon^G5034 happen^G1096; and He indicated^G4591 this by sending^G649 it through His angel^G32 to His slave^G1401 [fn]John^G2491,

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Rev 1:2 - who bore witness to the word of God and to the witness of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.

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Rev 1:3 - Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep the things which are written in it, for the time is near.

Message to the Seven Churches

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John^G2491 to the seven^G2033 churches^G1577 that are in Asia^G773: Grace^G5485 to you and peace^G1515, from the One who is and who was and who [fn]is to come^G2064, and from the seven^G2033 Spirits^G4151 who^G3739 are before^G1799 His throne^G2362,

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Rev 1:5 - and 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 released us from our sins [fn]by His blood—

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Rev 1:6 - and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to [fn]His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen.

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Rev 1:7 - BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and EVERY EYE WILL SEE HIM, EVEN THOSE WHO PIERCED HIM; and all the tribes of the earth will MOURN OVER HIM. Yes, amen.

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“I am^G1510 the Alpha^G1 and the Omega^G5598,” says^G3004 the [fn]Lord^G2962 God^G2316, “who is and who^G3588 was and who [fn]is to come^G2064, the Almighty^G3841.”

The Vision of the Son of Man

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I, John^G2491, your brother^G80 and fellow^G4791 partaker^G4791 in the tribulation^G2347 and kingdom^G932 and [fn]perseverance^G5281 which are in Jesus^G2424, was on the island^G3520 called^G2564 Patmos^G3963 because^G1223 of the word^G3056 of God^G2316 and the witness^G3141 of Jesus^G2424.

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Rev 1:10 - I was [fn]in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

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Rev 1:11 - saying, “Write in a scroll what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

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Then^G2532 I turned^G1994 to see^G991 the voice^G5456 that was speaking^G2980 with me. And having turned^G1994 I saw^G3708 seven^G2033 golden^G5552 lampstands^G3087;

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Rev 1:13 - and in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like [fn]a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash.

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Rev 1:14 - And His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire.

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Rev 1:15 - His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters,

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Rev 1:16 - and having in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp two-edged sword which comes out of His mouth, and His face was like the sun [fn]shining in its power.

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And when^G3753 I saw^G3708 Him, I fell^G4098 at His feet^G4228 like^G5613 a dead^G3498 man^G3498. And He placed^G5087 His right^G1188 hand^G1188 on me, saying^G3004, “Do not fear^G5399; I am^G1510 the first^G4413 and the last^G2078,

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Rev 1:18 - and the living One; and I [fn]was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

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Rev 1:19 - “Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things.

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Rev 1:20 - “As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

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(1:1)

Gr Joannes, Heb Johanan; so in Rev

(1:4)

Or is coming

(1:5)

Or in

(1:6)

Or God and His Father

(1:8)

In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 41:4

Or is coming

Or steadfastness

Or in spirit

Or the Son of Man

Lit shines

Lit became

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