Revelation 1:5-8

English Standard Version

⁵ and from Jesus Christ ^(A)the faithful witness, ^(B)the firstborn of the dead, and ^(C)the ruler of kings on earth.

To ^(D)him who loves us and ^(E)has freed us from our sins by his blood ⁶ and made us ^(F)a kingdom, ^(G)priests to ^(H)his God and Father, to him be ^(I)glory and ^(J)dominion forever and ever. Amen. ⁷ Behold, ^(K)he is coming with the clouds, and ^(L)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.

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