Revelation 1:7-11

New International Version

⁸ “I am the Alpha and the Omega,”^(D) says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,^(E) the Almighty.”^(F)

John’s Vision of Christ

⁹ I, John,^(G) your brother and companion in the suffering^(H) and kingdom^(I) and patient endurance^(J) that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God^(K) and the testimony of Jesus.^{(L) 10} On the Lord’s Day^(M) I was in the Spirit,^(N) and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,^{(O) 11} which said: “Write on a scroll what you see^(P) and send it to the seven churches:^(Q) to Ephesus,^(R) Smyrna,^(S) Pergamum,^(T) Thyatira,^(U) Sardis,^(V) Philadelphia^(W) and Laodicea.”^(X)