RE-1:1  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him,

to show unto

his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent

and signified

[it] by his angel unto his servant John:

RE-1:2  Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony

of Jesus

Christ, and of all things that he saw.

RE-1:3  Blessed [is] he that readeth, and they that hear the

words of this

prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for

the time [is] at

hand.

RE-1:4  John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace [be]

unto you, and

peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come;

and from the

seven Spirits which are before his throne;

RE-1:5  And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness,

[and] the first

begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.

Unto him that

loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

RE-1:6  And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his

Father; to him [be]

glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

RE-1:7  Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see

him, and they

[also] which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall

wail because of

him. Even so, Amen.

RE-1:8  I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,

saith the Lord,

which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

RE-1:9  I John, who also am your brother, and companion in

tribulation, and in

the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that

is called

Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus

Christ.

RE-1:10  I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind

me a great

voice, as of a trumpet,

RE-1:11  Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last:

and, What thou

seest, write in a book, and send [it] unto the seven churches

which are in

Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto

Thyatira, and

unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

RE-1:12  And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And

being turned, I

saw seven golden candlesticks;

RE-1:13  And in the midst of the seven candlesticks [one] like

unto the Son of

man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the

paps with a

golden girdle.

RE-1:14  His head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool, as

white as snow; and

his eyes [were] as a flame of fire;

RE-1:15  And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in

a furnace; and

his voice as the sound of many waters.

RE-1:16  And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of

his mouth went a

sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance [was] as the sun

shineth in his

strength.

RE-1:17  And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he

laid his right

hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the

last:

RE-1:18  I [am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am

alive for

evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

RE-1:19  Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things

which are, and

the things which shall be hereafter;

RE-1:20  The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my

right hand, and

the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of

the seven

churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the

seven churches.

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