Revelation 1:5-7

Good News Translation

⁵^(A)and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first to be raised from death and who is also the ruler of the kings of the world.

He loves us, and by his sacrificial death he has freed us from our sins ⁶^(B)and made us a kingdom of priests to serve his God and Father. To Jesus Christ be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

⁷^(C)Look, he is coming on the clouds! Everyone will see him, including those who pierced him. All peoples on earth will mourn over him. So shall it be!

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Revelation 1:5-7

New International Version

⁵and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,^(A) the firstborn from the dead,^(B) and the ruler of the kings of the earth.^(C)

To him who loves us^(D) and has freed us from our sins by his blood,^(E) ⁶and has made us to be a kingdom and priests^(F) to serve his God and Father^(G)—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.^(H)

⁷“Look, he is coming with the clouds,”^[a]^(I)
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;^(J)
and all peoples on earth “will mourn^(K) because of him.”^[b]
So shall it be! Amen.