New American Standard Bible 1995

Revelation 1:2-6

2who testified to 1the word of God and to 2the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 3Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and 4heed the things which are written in it; 5for the time is near.

4 6John to 7the seven churches that are in 8Asia: 9Grace to you and peace, from 10Him who is and who was and who 11is to come, and from 12the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, 13the faithful witness, the 14firstborn of the dead, and the 15ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who 16loves us and released us from our sins 17by His blood-- 6and He has made us to be a 18kingdom, 19priests to 20 21His God and Father--22to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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Notes

1. Revelation 1:2 Rev 1:9; 6:9; 12:17; 20:4 ↩
2. Revelation 1:2 1 Cor 1:6; Rev 12:17 ↩
3. Revelation 1:3 Luke 11:28; Rev 22:7 ↩
4. Revelation 1:3 Or keep ↩
5. Revelation 1:3 Rom 13:11; Rev 3:11; 22:7, 10, 12 ↩
6. Revelation 1:4 Rev 1:1, 9; 22:8 ↩
7. Revelation 1:4 Rev 1:11, 20 ↩
8. Revelation 1:4 Acts 2:9 ↩
9. Revelation 1:4 Rom 1:7 ↩
10. Revelation 1:4 Rev 1:8, 17; 4:8; 16:5 ↩
11. Revelation 1:4 Or is coming ↩
12. Revelation 1:4 Is 11:2; Rev 3:1; 4:5; 5:6; 8:2 ↩
13. Revelation 1:5 Rev 3:14; 19:11 ↩
14. Revelation 1:5 1 Cor 15:20; Col 1:18 ↩
15. Revelation 1:5 Rev 17:14; 19:16 ↩
16. Revelation 1:5 Rom 8:37 ↩
17. Revelation 1:5 Or in ↩
18. Revelation 1:6 Rev 5:10; 20:6 ↩
19. Revelation 1:6 Rev 5:10; 20:6 ↩
20. Revelation 1:6 Or God and His Father ↩
21. Revelation 1:6 Rom 15:6 ↩
22. Revelation 1:6 Rom 11:36 ↩

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