Revelation 1:4-8

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⁴John: To the seven churches in Asia. Grace and peace^(A) to you from^[a] the one who is, who was, and who is to come,^(B) and from the seven spirits^[b]^(C) before his throne, ⁵and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness,^(D) the firstborn from the dead^(E) and the ruler of the kings of the earth.^(F)

To him who loves us and has set us free^[c] from our sins by his blood,^(G) ⁶and made us a kingdom,^[d] priests^[e]^(H) to his God and Father—to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.^(I)

⁷Look, he is coming with the clouds,^(J)
and every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him.
And all the tribes^[f] of the earth^[g]^(K)
will mourn over him.^[h]^[i] ^(L)
So it is to be. Amen.

⁸“I am the Alpha and the Omega,”^(M) says the Lord God, “the one who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

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Footnotes

1:4 Other mss add God
1:4 Or the sevenfold Spirit
1:5 Other mss read has washed us
1:6 Other mss read kings and
1:6 Or made us into (or to be) a kingdom of priests; Ex 19:6
1:7 Or peoples
1:7 Gn 12:3; 28:14; Zch 14:17
1:7 Or will wail because of him
1:7 Dn 7:13; Zch 12:10

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