10 (A)I was in the Spirit (B)on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice (C)like a trumpet 11 saying, (D)“Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw (E)seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands (F)one like (G)a son of man, (H)clothed with a long robe and (I)with a golden sash around his chest. 14 (J)The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. (K)His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 (L)his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and (M)his voice was like the roar of many waters. 16 (N)In his right hand he held seven stars, (O)from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and (P)his face was like the sun shining (Q)in full strength.

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