Revelation 1:1-11

1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which 1God gave Him to 2show to His bond-servants, 3the things which must soon take place; and He sent and 4communicated it 5by His angel to His bond-servant 6John, 2who testified to 7the word of God and to 8the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 39Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and 10heed the things which are written in it; 11for the time is near.

412John to 13the seven churches that are in 14Asia: 15Grace to you and peace, from 16Him who is and who was and who 17is to come, and from 18the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, 19the faithful witness, the 20firstborn of the dead, and the 21ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who 22loves us and released us from our sins 23by His blood-- 6and He has made us to be a 24kingdom, 25priests to 2627His God and Father--28to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 729Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and 30every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will 31mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.

8“I am 32the Alpha and the Omega,” says the 33Lord God, “34who is and who was and who 35is to come, the Almighty.”

936I, John, your 37brother and 38fellow partaker in the tribulation and 39kingdom and 4041perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos 42because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10I was 4344in the Spirit on 45the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice 46like the sound of a trumpet, 11saying, “47Write in a 48book what you see, and send it to the 49seven churches: to 50Ephesus and to 51Smyrna and to 52Pergamum and to 53Thyatira and to 54Sardis and to 55Philadelphia and to 56Laodicea.”