Revelation 1:5-7

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⁵and 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^[a] us from our sins by his blood, ⁶and made^[b] us to be a kingdom, priests serving^[c] his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

⁷Look! 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.

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Footnotes

Revelation 1:5 Other ancient authorities read washed
Revelation 1:6 Gk and he made
Revelation 1:6 Gk priests to

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