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

Greeting the Seven Churches

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

Grace to you and peace from Him ^(C)who is and ^(D)who was and who is to come, ^(E)and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, ⁵ and from Jesus Christ, ^(F)the faithful ^(G)witness, the ^(H)firstborn from the dead, and ^(I)the ruler over the kings of the earth.

To Him ^(J)who ^[a]loved us ^(K)and washed us from our sins in His own blood, ⁶ and has ^(L)made us ^[b]kings and priests to His God and Father, ^(M)to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

⁷ Behold, He is coming with ^(N)clouds, and every eye will see Him, even ^(O)they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.

^8 (P)“I am the Alpha and the Omega, ^[c]the Beginning and the End,” says the ^[d]Lord, ^(Q)“who is and who was and who is to come, the ^(R)Almighty.”

Vision of the Son of Man

⁹ I, John, ^[e]both your brother and ^(S)companion in the tribulation and ^(T)kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. ^10 (U)I was in the Spirit on ^(V)the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me ^(W)a loud voice, as of a trumpet,

⁷ Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand ^(A)of Him who sat on the throne.

Worthy Is the Lamb

⁸ Now when He had taken the scroll, ^(B)the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the ^(C)prayers of the saints. ⁹ And ^(D)they sang a new song, saying:

¹¹ Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, ¹² saying with a loud voice:

¹³ And ^(J)every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: