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, and from Jesus Christ (E)the faithful witness, (F)the firstborn of the dead, and (G)the ruler of kings on earth.

To (H)him who loves us and (I)has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us (J)a kingdom, (K)priests to (L)his God and Father, to him be (M)glory and (N)dominion forever and ever. Amen. Behold, (O)he is coming with the clouds, and (P)every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail[a] on account of him. Even so. Amen.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:7 Or mourn

Greetings and Doxology

John,

To the seven churches(A) in the province of Asia:

Grace and peace to you(B) from him who is, and who was, and who is to come,(C) and from the seven spirits[a](D) before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,(E) the firstborn from the dead,(F) and the ruler of the kings of the earth.(G)

To him who loves us(H) and has freed us from our sins by his blood,(I) and has made us to be a kingdom and priests(J) to serve his God and Father(K)—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.(L)

“Look, he is coming with the clouds,”[b](M)
    and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;(N)
    and all peoples on earth “will mourn(O) because of him.”[c]
So shall it be! Amen.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:4 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
  2. Revelation 1:7 Daniel 7:13
  3. Revelation 1:7 Zech. 12:10

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!”

And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, (F)who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders (G)fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast (H)their crowns before the throne, saying,

11 (I)“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,
for (J)you created all things,
    and (K)by your will they existed and were created.”

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Each of the four living creatures(A) had six wings(B) and was covered with eyes all around,(C) even under its wings. Day and night(D) they never stop saying:

“‘Holy, holy, holy

is the Lord God Almighty,’[a](E)

who was, and is, and is to come.”(F)

Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne(G) and who lives for ever and ever,(H) 10 the twenty-four elders(I) fall down before him(J) who sits on the throne(K) and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,(L)
for you created all things,
    and by your will they were created
    and have their being.”(M)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 4:8 Isaiah 6:3