Introduction and Salutation

1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants what must soon take place; and he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, ² who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. ³ Blessed is he who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written therein; for the time is near.

⁴ John to the seven churches that are in Asia:^[a]

Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,

² who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.