Revelation 1:2-4
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2 John wrote down what God said and what Jesus showed to him. These words tell all that He saw.
3 God will bless the person who reads the words of this book. God will bless those who hear the words of this book and obey the things written in it.
4 Here is what John wrote to the people of the seven churches which are in the country of Asia Minor: May God's loving kindness bless you and give you peace. He lives now, he always has lived, and he will come again. May the seven Spirits bless you and give you peace. They stand in front of God's throne [chief chair of a king].
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Revelation 1:2-4
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2 who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God(A) and the testimony of Jesus Christ.(B) 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it,(C) because the time is near.(D)
Greetings and Doxology
4 John,
To the seven churches(E) in the province of Asia:
Grace and peace to you(F) from him who is, and who was, and who is to come,(G) and from the seven spirits[a](H) before his throne,
Footnotes
- Revelation 1:4 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
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