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The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to Him, to show to His servants what must quickly come··to··pass; and He signified, sending◦ by His angel to His servant John,
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who gave by testimony the Word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, whatever▵ he saw◦.
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Happy is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it; for◦ the time is near.
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John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be to you, and peace, from Him Who is, and Who was, and Who is to come*; and from the seven spirits who are before◦ His throne;
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and from Jesus Christ, the faithful Witness, the Firstborn from◦ the dead◦, and the Prince of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us, and washes◦ us from our sins in His blood,
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and makes us kings and priests to God and His Father; to Him be the glory and the might for ages of ages. Amen.
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Behold◦ He comes with the clouds, and every eye shall see Him, and those who◦ pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall wail over Him. Yes; amen.
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I◦ am the Alpha and the Omega*, Beginning and End, says the Lord, Who is, and Who was, and Who is to come, the Almighty.
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I◦, John, who also am your brother, and companion in affliction, and in the kingdom and patient expectation* of Jesus Christ, came··to··be in the island called Patmos*, for··the··sake··of the Word of God, and for··the··sake··of the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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I came··to··be in the spirit on▵ the Lord’s day; and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
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saying, I◦ am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last; and what thou seest▫, write in◦ a book, and send it to the churches, those in Asia; to◦ Ephesus, and to◦ Smyrna, and to◦ Pergamos, and to◦ Thyatira, and to◦ Sardis, and to◦ Philadelphia, and to◦ Laodicea.
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And I turned to look··to the voice that spoke with me; and, having turned, I saw◦ seven golden lampstands;
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and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, wearing a garment down··to··the··foot, and girded at▵ the breast with a golden belt.
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And◦ His head and hairs were white as white wool, as snow; and His eyes as a flame of fire;
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and His feet like fine··brass, as if fired in a furnace; and His voice as the voice of many waters;
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and having in His right hand seven stars; and out··of His mouth a sharp two-edged* sword◦ going··out; and His face◦ was as the sun appears in its power.
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And when I saw◦ Him, I fell at▵ His feet as dead◦. And He laid· His right hand ·on me, saying to me, Fear not◦; I◦ am the First and the Last;
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and I am He who is Living, and became dead◦, and behold◦, I am Living for◦ ages of ages. Amen. And I have the keys of hell and of death.
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Write the things which thou hast seen◦, and the things which are, and the things which shall come··to··be after these··things:
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the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest◦ in▫ My right··hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches; and the seven lampstands which thou sawest◦ are the seven churches.
