⁵ And I heard the angel of the waters saying:

¹⁷ saying:

^8 (A)“I am the Alpha and the Omega, ^[a]the Beginning and the End,” says the ^[b]Lord, ^(B)“who is and who was and who is to come, the ^(C)Almighty.”

Greeting the Seven Churches

⁴ John, to the seven churches which are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from Him ^(A)who is and ^(B)who was and who is to come, ^(C)and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,

³ They sing ^(A)the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the ^(B)Lamb, saying:

⁸ The four living creatures, each having ^(A)six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:

⁵ which is ^(A)manifest^[a] evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, ^(B)for which you also suffer; ^6 (C)since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with ^[b]tribulation those who trouble you,

⁵ But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? ^(A)(I speak as a man.)