Greeting to the Seven Churches

John to the seven churches that are in Asia:

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

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Jesus Christ is (A)the same yesterday and today and forever.

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(A)Before the (B)mountains were brought forth,
    or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
    (C)from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

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And (A)the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
    the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
    the Spirit of counsel and might,
    the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

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And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw (A)a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with (B)seven eyes, which are (C)the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

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From the throne came (A)flashes of lightning, and rumblings[a] and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning (B)seven torches of fire, (C)which are the seven spirits of God,

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 4:5 Or voices, or sounds

To the Church in Sardis

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him (A)who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.

“‘I know your works. You have the reputation (B)of being alive, (C)but you are dead.

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(A)“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, (B)“who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

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17 (A)Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from (B)the Father of lights, (C)with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:17 Some manuscripts variation due to a shadow of turning

10 (A)For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see (B)the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

(C)“These seven (D)are the eyes of the Lord, (E)which range through the whole earth.”

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(A)Who has performed and done this,
    calling the generations from the beginning?
(B)I, the Lord, the first,
    and with the last; I am he.

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14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”[a] And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: (A)I am has sent me to you.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 3:14 Or I am what I am, or I will be what I will be

To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:

(A)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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For behold, on (A)the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with (B)seven eyes,[a] I will (C)engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and (D)I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

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  1. Zechariah 3:9 Or facets

And the four living creatures, (A)each of them with six wings, are (B)full of eyes all around and within, and (C)day and night they never cease to say,

(D)“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
    (E)who was and is and is to come!”

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10 And,

(A)“You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands;
11 they will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment,
12 like a robe you will roll them up,
    like a garment they will be changed.[a]
But you are (B)the same,
    and your years will have no end.”

13 And to which of the angels has he ever said,

(C)“Sit at my right hand
    (D)until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:12 Some manuscripts omit like a garment

25 (A)Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
    and (B)the heavens are the work of your hands.
26 (C)They will perish, but (D)you will remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
27     but (E)you are the same, and your years have no end.

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To the Church in Philadelphia

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of (A)the holy one, (B)the true one, (C)who has the key of David, (D)who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.

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(A)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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[a] (A)But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
    who are too little to be among the clans of (B)Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
    one who is to be (C)ruler in Israel,
(D)whose coming forth is (E)from of old,
    from ancient days.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 5:2 Ch 5:1 in Hebrew

15 For thus says (A)the One who is high and lifted up,
    who inhabits eternity, whose name is (B)Holy:
(C)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
    and also (D)with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
(E)to revive the spirit of the lowly,
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.

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To the Church in Smyrna

“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of (A)the first and the last, (B)who died and came to life.

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20 As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and (A)the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and (B)the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

To the Church in Ephesus

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of (C)him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, (D)who walks among the seven golden lampstands.

11 saying, (A)“Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

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