The Revelation to John
1
1 This
is the Revelation
of Jesus
Christ,
which God gave
him to show
to his servants
the things which
must happen soon,
which he sent
and made known by
his angel
to his servant,
John,
2 who
testified to God’s
word and of
the testimony of
Jesus Christ,
about everything
that he saw.
3 Blessed
is he who reads
and those who hear
the words of
the prophecy, and
keep the things
that are written
in it, for
the time is
near.
4 John,
to the seven
assemblies that
are in Asia:
Grace to you
and peace from
God, who is
and who was
and who is
to come; and
from the seven
Spirits who are
before his throne;
5 and
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 washed us
from our sins by
his blood—
6 and
he made us
to be a Kingdom,
priests
to his God
and Father—to
him be the
glory and the
dominion forever
and ever. Amen.
7 Behold,
he is coming
with the clouds,
and every eye
will see him,
including those
who pierced him.
All the tribes
of the earth
will mourn over
him. Even so, Amen.
8 “I am the Alpha
and the
Omega,” says the
Lord God,
“who is and
who was and
who is to
come, the
Almighty.”
9 I
John, your brother
and partner with
you in
the oppression, Kingdom, and
perseverance in Christ
Jesus, was on
the isle that
is called Patmos
because of God’s
Word and the
testimony of
Jesus Christ.
10 I
was in the
Spirit on the
Lord’s day, and
I heard behind me
a loud voice,
like a trumpet
11 saying,
“What you see,
write in a
book and send
to the seven
assemblies:
to Ephesus,
Smyrna, Pergamum,
Thyatira, Sardis,
Philadelphia, and
to Laodicea.”
12 I
turned to see
the voice that
spoke with me.
Having turned, I
saw seven
golden lamp stands.
13 And
among the lamp stands
was one like
a son of
man,
clothed with a
robe reaching down
to his feet,
and with a
golden sash around
his chest.
14 His
head and his
hair were white
as white wool,
like snow. His
eyes were like
a flame of
fire.
15 His
feet were like
burnished brass,
as if it
had been refined
in a furnace.
His voice was
like the voice
of many waters.
16 He
had seven stars in
his right hand.
Out of his
mouth proceeded a
sharp two-edged
sword. His face
was like the
sun shining at
its brightest.
17 When
I saw him,
I fell at
his feet like
a dead man.
He laid his
right hand on
me, saying,
“Don’t be
afraid. I am
the first and
the last,
18 and the Living
one. I was
dead, and behold,
I am alive
forever and ever.
Amen. I have the
keys of Death
and of Hades.
19 Write therefore
the things which
you have seen,
and the things
which are, and
the things which
will happen
hereafter.
20 The mystery of
the seven stars
which you saw
in my right
hand, and the
seven golden lamp stands
is this: The
seven stars are
the angels
of the seven
assemblies. The
seven lamp stands are
seven assemblies.