New American Standard Bible 2020

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 8seven spirits who are before His throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, 9the faithful witness, the 10firstborn of the dead, and the 11ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who 12loves us and released us from our sins by His blood-- 6and He made us into 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. 21So it is to be. Amen.

8“I am 22the Alpha and the Omega,” says the 23Lord God, “24who is and who was and who 25is to come, the Almighty.”

9 26I, John, your 27brother and 28fellow participant in the tribulation and 29kingdom and 30 31perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos 32because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10I was 33in the 34Spirit on 35the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice 36like the sound of a trumpet, 11saying, “37Write 38on a scroll what you see, and send it to the 39seven churches: to 40Ephesus, 41Smyrna, 42Pergamum, 43Thyatira, 44Sardis, 45Philadelphia, and 46Laodicea.”

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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 1:4 Possibly a symbolic reference to the Holy Spirit in His fullness, or to seven key angels ↩
9. Revelation 1:5 Rev 3:14; 19:11 ↩
10. Revelation 1:5 1 Cor 15:20; Col 1:18 ↩
11. Revelation 1:5 Rev 17:14; 19:16 ↩
12. Revelation 1:5 Rom 8:37 ↩
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 1:7 Or Yes. Amen. ↩
22. Revelation 1:8 Is 41:4; Rev 21:6; 22:13 ↩
23. Revelation 1:8 Rev 4:8; 11:17 ↩
24. Revelation 1:8 Rev 1:4 ↩
25. Revelation 1:8 Or is coming ↩
26. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:1 ↩
27. Revelation 1:9 Acts 1:15 ↩
28. Revelation 1:9 Matt 20:23; Acts 14:22; 2 Cor 1:7; Phil 4:14 ↩
29. Revelation 1:9 2 Tim 2:12; Rev 1:6 ↩
30. Revelation 1:9 Or steadfastness ↩
31. Revelation 1:9 2 Thess 3:5; Rev 3:10 ↩
32. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:2 ↩
33. Revelation 1:10 Matt 22:43; Rev 4:2; 17:3; 21:10 ↩
34. Revelation 1:10 Or spirit ↩
35. Revelation 1:10 Acts 20:7 ↩
36. Revelation 1:10 Rev 4:1 ↩
37. Revelation 1:11 Rev 1:2, 19 ↩
38. Revelation 1:11 Or in a book ↩
39. Revelation 1:11 Rev 1:4, 20 ↩
40. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:1 ↩
41. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:8 ↩
42. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:12 ↩
43. Revelation 1:11 Acts 16:14; Rev 2:18, 24 ↩
44. Revelation 1:11 Rev 3:1, 4 ↩
45. Revelation 1:11 Rev 3:7 ↩
46. Revelation 1:11 Col 2:1; Rev 3:14 ↩

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