New American Standard Bible 1995

Revelation 1:4-11

4 1John to 2the seven churches that are in 3Asia: 4Grace to you and peace, from 5Him who is and who was and who 6is to come, and from 7the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, 8the faithful witness, the 9firstborn of the dead, and the 10ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who 11loves us and released us from our sins 12by His blood-- 6and He has made us to be a 13kingdom, 14priests to 15 16His God and Father--17to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 18Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and 19every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will 20mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.

8“I am 21the Alpha and the Omega,” says the 22Lord God, “23who is and who was and who 24is to come, the Almighty.”

9 25I, John, your 26brother and 27fellow partaker in the tribulation and 28kingdom and 29 30perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos 31because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10I was 32 33in the Spirit on 34the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice 35like the sound of a trumpet, 11saying, “36Write in a 37book what you see, and send it to the 38seven churches: to 39Ephesus and to 40Smyrna and to 41Pergamum and to 42Thyatira and to 43Sardis and to 44Philadelphia and to 45Laodicea.”

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Notes

1. Revelation 1:4 Rev 1:1, 9; 22:8 ↩
2. Revelation 1:4 Rev 1:11, 20 ↩
3. Revelation 1:4 Acts 2:9 ↩
4. Revelation 1:4 Rom 1:7 ↩
5. Revelation 1:4 Rev 1:8, 17; 4:8; 16:5 ↩
6. Revelation 1:4 Or is coming ↩
7. Revelation 1:4 Is 11:2; Rev 3:1; 4:5; 5:6; 8:2 ↩
8. Revelation 1:5 Rev 3:14; 19:11 ↩
9. Revelation 1:5 1 Cor 15:20; Col 1:18 ↩
10. Revelation 1:5 Rev 17:14; 19:16 ↩
11. Revelation 1:5 Rom 8:37 ↩
12. Revelation 1:5 Or in ↩
13. Revelation 1:6 Rev 5:10; 20:6 ↩
14. Revelation 1:6 Rev 5:10; 20:6 ↩
15. Revelation 1:6 Or God and His Father ↩
16. Revelation 1:6 Rom 15:6 ↩
17. Revelation 1:6 Rom 11:36 ↩
18. Revelation 1:7 Dan 7:13; 1 Thess 4:17 ↩
19. Revelation 1:7 Zech 12:10-14; John 19:37 ↩
20. Revelation 1:7 Luke 23:28 ↩
21. Revelation 1:8 Is 41:4; Rev 21:6; 22:13 ↩
22. Revelation 1:8 Rev 4:8; 11:17 ↩
23. Revelation 1:8 Rev 1:4 ↩
24. Revelation 1:8 Or is coming ↩
25. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:1 ↩
26. Revelation 1:9 Acts 1:15 ↩
27. Revelation 1:9 Matt 20:23; Acts 14:22; 2 Cor 1:7; Phil 4:14 ↩
28. Revelation 1:9 2 Tim 2:12; Rev 1:6 ↩
29. Revelation 1:9 Or steadfastness ↩
30. Revelation 1:9 2 Thess 3:5; Rev 3:10 ↩
31. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:2 ↩
32. Revelation 1:10 Or in spirit ↩
33. Revelation 1:10 Matt 22:43; Rev 4:2; 17:3; 21:10 ↩
34. Revelation 1:10 Acts 20:7 ↩
35. Revelation 1:10 Rev 4:1 ↩
36. Revelation 1:11 Rev 1:2, 19 ↩
37. Revelation 1:11 Or scroll ↩
38. Revelation 1:11 Rev 1:4, 20 ↩
39. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:1 ↩
40. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:8 ↩
41. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:12 ↩
42. Revelation 1:11 Acts 16:14; Rev 2:18, 24 ↩
43. Revelation 1:11 Rev 3:1, 4 ↩
44. Revelation 1:11 Rev 3:7 ↩
45. Revelation 1:11 Col 2:1; Rev 3:14 ↩

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