Prologue

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God (A)gave him (B)to show to his servants[a] the things that must soon take place. (C)He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; likewise for servant later in this verse

16 (A)“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things (B)for the churches. I am (C)the root and (D)the descendant of David, (E)the bright morning star.”

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Jesus Is Coming

And he said to me, (A)“These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of (B)the spirits of the prophets, (C)has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”

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12 (A)For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it (B)through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

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28 but (A)there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar (B)what will be in the latter days. Your dream and (C)the visions of your head as you lay in bed are these: 29 To you, O king, as you lay in bed came thoughts of what would be after this, (D)and he who reveals mysteries made known to you what is to be.

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19 (A)Write therefore (B)the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this.

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(A)how the mystery was made known to me (B)by revelation, (C)as I have written briefly.

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Vision of the Son of Man

I, John, your brother and (A)partner in (B)the tribulation and (C)the kingdom and (D)the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos (E)on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

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32 (A)He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, (B)yet no one receives his testimony.

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“For the Lord God does nothing
    (A)without revealing his secret
    to his servants the prophets.

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23 (A)At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, (B)and I have come to tell it to you, for (C)you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word (D)and understand the vision.

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The Throne in Heaven

After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me (A)like a trumpet, said, (B)“Come up here, and (C)I will show you what must take place after this.”

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15 (A)No longer do I call you servants,[a] for the servant (B)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for (C)all that I have heard from my Father (D)I have made known to you.

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Footnotes

  1. John 15:15 Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20

49 For (A)I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father (B)who sent me has himself given me (C)a commandment—what to say and what to speak.

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26 I have much to say about you and much to judge, but (A)he who sent me is true, and I declare (B)to the world (C)what I have heard from him.”

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21 while I was speaking in prayer, the man (A)Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, (B)came to me in swift flight at (C)the time of the evening sacrifice.

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16 (A)And I heard a man's voice (B)between the banks of the (C)Ulai, and it called, (D)“Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.”

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14 (A)The friendship[a] of the Lord is for those who fear him,
    and he makes known to them his covenant.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 25:14 Or The secret counsel

(A)Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, (B)for the time is near.

Greeting to the Seven Churches

John to the seven churches that are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from (C)him (D)who is and (E)who was and who is to come, and from (F)the seven spirits who are before his throne,

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Doxology

25 (A)Now to him who is able to strengthen you (B)according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, (C)according to the revelation of the mystery (D)that was kept secret for (E)long ages

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For I have given them (A)the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that (B)I came from you; and (C)they have believed that you sent me.

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And I saw (A)the holy city, (B)new Jerusalem, (C)coming down out of heaven from God, (D)prepared (E)as a bride adorned for her husband.

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