Revelation 1:8-18

New American Standard Bible

⁸“I am ^(A)the Alpha and the Omega,” says the ^(B)Lord God, “^(C)who is and who was and who ^[a]is to come, the Almighty.”

The Patmos Vision

⁹^(D)I, John, your ^(E)brother and ^(F)fellow participant in the tribulation and ^(G)kingdom and ^[b]^(H)perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^(I)because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ¹⁰I was ^(J)in the ^[c]Spirit on ^(K)the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^(L)like the sound of a trumpet, ¹¹saying, “^(M)Write ^[d]on a scroll what you see, and send it to the ^(N)seven churches: to ^(O)Ephesus, ^(P)Smyrna, ^(Q)Pergamum, ^(R)Thyatira, ^(S)Sardis, ^(T)Philadelphia, and ^(U)Laodicea.”

¹²Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw ^(V)seven golden lampstands; ¹³and ^(W)in the middle of the lampstands I saw one ^(X)like ^[e]a son of man, ^(Y)clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and ^(Z)wrapped around the chest with a golden sash. ¹⁴His head and His ^(AA)hair were white like white wool, like snow; and ^(AB)His eyes were like a flame of fire. ¹⁵His ^(AC)feet were like ^[f]burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His ^(AD)voice was like the sound of many waters. ¹⁶In His right hand He held ^(AE)seven stars, and out of His mouth came a ^(AF)sharp two-edged sword; and His ^(AG)face was like ^(AH)the sun ^[g]shining in its strength.

¹⁷When I saw Him, I ^(AI)fell at His feet like a dead man. And He ^(AJ)placed His right hand on me, saying, “^(AK)Do not be afraid; ^(AL)I am the first and the last, ¹⁸and the ^(AM)living One; and I ^[h]^(AN)was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have ^(AO)the keys of death and of Hades.