Revelation 1
1The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place; he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,G602G2424G5547G3739G2316G1325G846G1166G846G1401G3739G1163G1722G5034G1096G2532G649G4591G1223G846G32G846G1401G24912who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.G3739G3140G3056G2316G2532G3141G2424G5547G5037G3745G14923Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it; for the time is near.G3107G314G2532G191G3056G4394G2532G5083G1125G1722G846G1063G2540G14514John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,G2491G2033G1577G3588G1722G773G5485G5213G2532G1515G575G3588G5607G3801G2532G3588G2258G3801G2532G3588G2064G3801G2532G575G2033G4151G3739G2076G1799G846G23625and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood,G2532G575G2424G5547G4103G3144G4416G1537G3498G2532G758G935G1093G25G2248G2532G3068G2248G575G2257G266G1722G846G1296and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.G2532G4160G2248G935G2532G2409G2316G2532G846G3962G846G1391G2532G2904G1519G165G165G2817Look! He is coming with the clouds; every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail. So it is to be. Amen.G2400G2064G3326G3507G2532G3956G3788G3700G846G2532G3748G1574G846G2532G3956G5443G1093G2875G1909G846G3483G2818"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.G1473G1510G1G2532G5598G746G2532G5056G3004G2962G3588G5607G3801G2532G3588G2258G3801G2532G3588G2064G3801G38419I, John, your brother who share with you in Jesus the persecution and the kingdom and the patient endurance, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.G1473G2491G3588G2532G5216G80G2532G4791G1722G2347G2532G1722G932G2532G5281G2424G5547G1096G1722G3520G2564G3963G1223G3056G2316G2532G1223G3141G2424G554710I was in the spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpetG1096G1722G4151G1722G2960G2250G2532G191G3694G3450G3173G5456G5613G453611saying, "Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."G3004G1473G1510G1G2532G5598G4413G2532G2078G2532G3739G991G1125G1519G975G2532G3992G2033G1577G3588G1722G773G1519G2181G2532G1519G4667G2532G1519G4010G2532G1519G2363G2532G1519G4554G2532G1519G5359G2532G1519G299312Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,G2532G1994G991G5456G3748G2980G3326G1700G2532G1994G1492G2033G5552G308713and in the midst of the lampstands I saw one like the Son of Man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash across his chest.G2532G1722G3319G2033G3087G3664G5207G444G1746G4158G2532G4024G4314G3149G5552G222314His head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire,G1161G846G2776G2532G2359G3022G5616G2053G3022G5613G5510G2532G846G3788G5613G5395G444215his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters.G2532G846G4228G3664G5474G5613G4448G1722G2575G2532G846G5456G5613G5456G4183G520416In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining with full force.G2532G2192G1722G846G1188G5495G2033G792G2532G1537G846G4750G1607G3691G1366G4501G2532G846G3799G5613G2246G5316G1722G846G141117When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last,G2532G3753G1492G846G4098G4314G846G4228G5613G3498G2532G2007G846G1188G5495G1909G1691G3004G3427G5399G3361G1473G1510G4413G2532G207818and the living one. I was dead, and see, I am alive forever and ever; and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.G2532G2198G2532G1096G3498G2532G2400G1510G2198G1519G165G165G281G2532G2192G2807G86G2532G228819Now write what you have seen, what is, and what is to take place after this.G1125G3739G1492G2532G3739G1526G2532G3739G3195G1096G3326G502320As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.G3466G2033G792G3739G1492G1909G3450G1188G2532G2033G5552G3087G2033G792G1526G32G2033G1577G2532G2033G3087G3739G1492G1526G2033G1577
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