Revelation 1-3 (New American Standard Bible)

Revelation 1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ

 ¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which ^(A)God gave Him to ^(B)show to His bond-servants, ^(C)the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it ^(D)by His angel to His bond-servant ^(E)John,

 ²who testified to ^(F)the word of God and to ^(G)the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.

 ^3(H)Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; ^(I)for the time is near.

Message to the Seven Churches

 ^4(J)John to ^(K)the seven churches that are in ^(L)Asia: ^(M)Grace to you and peace, from ^(N)Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from ^(O)the seven Spirits who are before His throne,

 ⁵and from Jesus Christ, ^(P)the faithful witness, the ^(Q)firstborn of the dead, and the ^(R)ruler of the kings of the earth To Him who ^(S)loves us and released us from our sins by His blood--

 ⁶and He has made us to be a ^(T)kingdom, ^(U)priests to ^(V)His God and Father--^(W)to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

 ^7(X)BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and ^(Y)every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will ^(Z)mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.

 ⁸"I am ^(AA)the Alpha and the Omega," says the ^(AB)Lord God, "^(AC)who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

The Patmos Vision

 ^9(AD)I, John, your ^(AE)brother and ^(AF)fellow partaker in the tribulation and ^(AG)kingdom and ^(AH)perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^(AI)because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

 ¹⁰I was ^[a](AJ)in the Spirit on ^(AK)the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^(AL)like the sound of a trumpet,

 ¹¹saying, "^(AM)Write in a book what you see, and send it to the ^(AN)seven churches: to ^(AO)Ephesus and to ^(AP)Smyrna and to ^(AQ)Pergamum and to ^(AR)Thyatira and to ^(AS)Sardis and to ^(AT)Philadelphia and to ^(AU)Laodicea."

 ¹²Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw ^(AV)seven golden lampstands;

 ¹³and ^(AW)in the middle of the lampstands I saw one ^(AX)like ^[b]a son of man, ^(AY)clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and ^(AZ)girded across His chest with a golden sash.

 ¹⁴His head and His ^(BA)hair were white like white wool, like snow; and ^(BB)His eyes were like a flame of fire.

 ¹⁵His ^(BC)feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His ^(BD)voice was like the sound of many waters.

 ¹⁶In His right hand He held ^(BE)seven stars, and out of His mouth came a ^(BF)sharp two-edged sword; and His ^(BG)face was like ^(BH)the sun shining in its strength.

 ¹⁷When I saw Him, I ^(BI)fell at His feet like a dead man And He ^(BJ)placed His right hand on me, saying, "^(BK)Do not be afraid; ^(BL)I am the first and the last,

 ¹⁸and the ^(BM)living One; and I ^(BN)was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have ^(BO)the keys of death and of Hades.

 ¹⁹"Therefore ^(BP)write ^(BQ)the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place ^(BR)after these things.

 ²⁰"As for the ^(BS)mystery of the ^(BT)seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the ^(BU)seven golden lampstands: the ^(BV)seven stars are the angels of ^(BW)the seven churches, and the seven ^(BX)lampstands are the seven churches.

Revelation 2

Message to Ephesus

 ¹"To the angel of the church in ^(BY)Ephesus write: The One who holds ^(BZ)the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks ^(CA)among the seven golden lampstands, says this:

 ²'^(CB)I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you ^(CC)put to the test those who call themselves ^(CD)apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false;

 ³and you have perseverance and have endured ^(CE)for My name's sake, and have not grown weary.

 ⁴'But I have this against you, that you have ^(CF)left your first love.

 ⁵'Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and ^(CG)repent and ^(CH)do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your ^(CI)lampstand out of its place--unless you repent.

 ⁶'Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the ^(CJ)Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

 ⁷'^(CK)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches ^(CL)To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of ^(CM)the tree of life which is in the ^(CN)Paradise of God.'

Message to Smyrna

 ⁸"And to the angel of the church in ^(CO)Smyrna write: ^(CP)The first and the last, who ^(CQ)was dead, and has come to life, says this:

 ⁹'I know your ^(CR)tribulation and your ^(CS)poverty (but you are ^(CT)rich), and the blasphemy by those who ^(CU)say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of ^(CV)Satan.

 ¹⁰'Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be ^(CW)tested, and you will have tribulation ^(CX)for ten days Be ^(CY)faithful until death, and I will give you ^(CZ)the crown of life.

 ¹¹'^(DA)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches ^(DB)He who overcomes will not be hurt by the ^(DC)second death.'

Message to Pergamum

 ¹²"And to the angel of the church in ^(DD)Pergamum write: The One who has ^(DE)the sharp two-edged sword says this:

 ¹³'I know where you dwell, where ^(DF)Satan's throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny ^(DG)My faith even in the days of Antipas, My ^(DH)witness, My ^(DI)faithful one, who was killed among you, ^(DJ)where Satan dwells.

 ¹⁴'But ^(DK)I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the ^(DL)teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, ^(DM)to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality.

 ¹⁵'So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the ^(DN)Nicolaitans.

 ¹⁶'Therefore ^(DO)repent; or else ^(DP)I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with ^(DQ)the sword of My mouth.

 ¹⁷'^(DR)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches ^(DS)To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden ^(DT)manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a ^(DU)new name written on the stone ^(DV)which no one knows but he who receives it.'

Message to Thyatira

 ¹⁸"And to the angel of the church in ^(DW)Thyatira write: ^(DX)The Son of God, ^(DY)who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished bronze, says this:

 ¹⁹'^(DZ)I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first.

 ²⁰'But ^(EA)I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman ^(EB)Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they ^(EC)commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.

 ²¹'^(ED)I gave her time to repent, and she ^(EE)does not want to repent of her immorality.

 ²²'Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who ^(EF)commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of ^[c]her deeds.

 ²³'And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who ^(EG)searches the minds and hearts; and ^(EH)I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

 ²⁴'But I say to you, the rest who are in ^(EI)Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the ^(EJ)deep things of Satan, as they call them--I ^(EK)place no other burden on you.

 ²⁵'Nevertheless ^(EL)what you have, hold fast ^(EM)until I come.

 ²⁶'^(EN)He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds ^(EO)until the end, ^(EP)TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS;

 ²⁷AND HE SHALL ^(EQ)RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, ^(ER)AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father;

 ²⁸and I will give him ^(ES)the morning star.

 ²⁹'^(ET)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

Revelation 3

Message to Sardis

 ¹"To the angel of the church in ^(EU)Sardis write: He who has ^(EV)the seven Spirits of God and ^(EW)the seven stars, says this: '^(EX)I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are ^(EY)dead.

 ²'Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God.

 ³'So ^(EZ)remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and ^(FA)repent Therefore if you do not wake up, ^(FB)I will come ^(FC)like a thief, and you will not know at ^(FD)what hour I will come to you.

 ⁴'But you have a few ^(FE)people in ^(FF)Sardis who have not ^(FG)soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me ^(FH)in white, for they are worthy.

 ⁵'^(FI)He who overcomes will thus be clothed in ^(FJ)white garments; and I will not ^(FK)erase his name from the book of life, and ^(FL)I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

 ⁶'^(FM)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

Message to Philadelphia

 ⁷"And to the angel of the church in ^(FN)Philadelphia write: ^(FO)He who is holy, ^(FP)who is true, who has ^(FQ)the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:

 ⁸'^(FR)I know your ^[d]deeds Behold, I have put before you ^(FS)an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and ^(FT)have not denied My name.

 ⁹'Behold, I will cause those of ^(FU)the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie--I will make them ^(FV)come and bow down at your feet, and make them know that ^(FW)I have loved you.

 ¹⁰'Because you have ^(FX)kept the word of ^(FY)My perseverance, ^(FZ)I also will keep you from the hour of ^(GA)testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole ^(GB)world, to test ^(GC)those who dwell on the earth.

 ¹¹'^(GD)I am coming quickly; ^(GE)hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your ^(GF)crown.

 ¹²'^(GG)He who overcomes, I will make him a ^(GH)pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the ^(GI)name of My God, and ^(GJ)the name of the city of My God, ^(GK)the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My ^(GL)new name.

 ¹³'^(GM)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

Message to Laodicea

 ¹⁴"To the angel of the church in ^(GN)Laodicea write: ^(GO)The Amen, ^(GP)the faithful and true Witness, ^(GQ)the ^[e]Beginning of the creation of God, says this:

 ¹⁵'^(GR)I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; ^(GS)I wish that you were cold or hot.

 ¹⁶'So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.

 ¹⁷'Because you say, "^(GT)I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,

 ¹⁸I advise you to ^(GU)buy from Me ^(GV)gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and ^(GW)white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that ^(GX)the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

 ¹⁹'^(GY)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and ^(GZ)repent.

 ²⁰'Behold, I stand ^(HA)at the door and ^(HB)knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, ^(HC)I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.

 ²¹'^(HD)He who overcomes, I will grant to him ^(HE)to sit down with Me on My throne, as ^(HF)I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

 ²²'^(HG)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'"