New American Standard Bible 2020

Revelation 1:2-6

2who testified to 1the word of God and to 2the testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw. 3 3Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and 4keep 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 13seven spirits who are before His throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, 14the faithful witness, the 15firstborn of the dead, and the 16ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who 17loves us and released us from our sins by His blood-- 6and He made us into 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 follow ↩
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 1:4 Possibly a symbolic reference to the Holy Spirit in His fullness, or to seven key angels ↩
14. Revelation 1:5 Rev 3:14; 19:11 ↩
15. Revelation 1:5 1 Cor 15:20; Col 1:18 ↩
16. Revelation 1:5 Rev 17:14; 19:16 ↩
17. Revelation 1:5 Rom 8:37 ↩
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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