Revelation 1:1-3

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Prologue

1 The revelation of^[a] Jesus Christ that God gave Him to show His slaves^(A) what must quickly^[b] take place.^(B) He sent it and signified it^[c] through His angel^(C) to His slave John,^{(D) 2} who testified to God’s word and to the testimony^[d] about Jesus Christ,^(E) in all he saw.^{[e] 3} The one who reads this is blessed,^(F) and those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep^[f] what is written in it are blessed, because the time is near!