Revelation 1:8-10

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁸ “I am the A and the Z,” ^[a] says the Lord God, the one who is, the one who was, and the one who is coming, the Almighty.

⁹ I am John, your brother. I share your suffering, ruling, and endurance because of Jesus. I was ⌞exiled⌟ on the island of Patmos because of God’s word and the testimony about Jesus. ¹⁰ I came under the Spirit’s power on the Lord’s day. I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet,