New American Standard Bible 1995

Revelation 1:5-9

5and from Jesus Christ, 1the faithful witness, the 2firstborn of the dead, and the 3ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who 4loves us and released us from our sins 5by His blood-- 6and He has made us to be a 6kingdom, 7priests to 8 9His God and Father--10to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 11Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and 12every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will 13mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.

8“I am 14the Alpha and the Omega,” says the 15Lord God, “16who is and who was and who 17is to come, the Almighty.”

9 18I, John, your 19brother and 20fellow partaker in the tribulation and 21kingdom and 22 23perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos 24because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

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Notes

1. Revelation 1:5 Rev 3:14; 19:11 ↩
2. Revelation 1:5 1 Cor 15:20; Col 1:18 ↩
3. Revelation 1:5 Rev 17:14; 19:16 ↩
4. Revelation 1:5 Rom 8:37 ↩
5. Revelation 1:5 Or in ↩
6. Revelation 1:6 Rev 5:10; 20:6 ↩
7. Revelation 1:6 Rev 5:10; 20:6 ↩
8. Revelation 1:6 Or God and His Father ↩
9. Revelation 1:6 Rom 15:6 ↩
10. Revelation 1:6 Rom 11:36 ↩
11. Revelation 1:7 Dan 7:13; 1 Thess 4:17 ↩
12. Revelation 1:7 Zech 12:10-14; John 19:37 ↩
13. Revelation 1:7 Luke 23:28 ↩
14. Revelation 1:8 Is 41:4; Rev 21:6; 22:13 ↩
15. Revelation 1:8 Rev 4:8; 11:17 ↩
16. Revelation 1:8 Rev 1:4 ↩
17. Revelation 1:8 Or is coming ↩
18. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:1 ↩
19. Revelation 1:9 Acts 1:15 ↩
20. Revelation 1:9 Matt 20:23; Acts 14:22; 2 Cor 1:7; Phil 4:14 ↩
21. Revelation 1:9 2 Tim 2:12; Rev 1:6 ↩
22. Revelation 1:9 Or steadfastness ↩
23. Revelation 1:9 2 Thess 3:5; Rev 3:10 ↩
24. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:2 ↩

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