Revelation 1:4-8
New King James Version
Greeting the Seven Churches
4 John, to the seven churches which are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from Him (A)who is and (B)who was and who is to come, (C)and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, (D)the faithful (E)witness, the (F)firstborn from the dead, and (G)the ruler over the kings of the earth.
To Him (H)who [a]loved us (I)and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has (J)made us [b]kings and priests to His God and Father, (K)to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
7 Behold, He is coming with (L)clouds, and every eye will see Him, even (M)they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
8 (N)“I am the Alpha and the Omega, [c]the Beginning and the End,” says the [d]Lord, (O)“who is and who was and who is to come, the (P)Almighty.”
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- Revelation 1:5 NU loves us and freed; M loves us and washed
- Revelation 1:6 NU, M a kingdom
- Revelation 1:8 NU, M omit the Beginning and the End
- Revelation 1:8 NU, M Lord God
Revelation 1:4-8
American Standard Version
4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him [a]who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits that are before his throne; 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and [b]loosed us from our sins [c]by his blood; 6 and he made us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto [d]his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion [e]for ever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, [f]who is and who was and [g]who is to come, the Almighty.
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- Revelation 1:4 Or, who cometh
- Revelation 1:5 Many authorities, some ancient, read washed. Heb. 9:14; compare 7:14.
- Revelation 1:5 Greek in.
- Revelation 1:6 Or, God and his Father
- Revelation 1:6 Greek unto the ages of the ages. Many ancient authorities omit of the ages.
- Revelation 1:8 Or, he who
- Revelation 1:8 Or, who cometh
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