The Patmos Vision

^9 (A)I, John, your ^(B)brother and ^(C)fellow participant in the tribulation and ^(D)kingdom and ^[a](E)perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^(F)because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ¹⁰ I was ^(G)in the ^[b]Spirit on ^(H)the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^(I)like the sound of a trumpet, ¹¹ saying, “^(J)Write ^[c]on a scroll what you see, and send it to the ^(K)seven churches: to ^(L)Ephesus, ^(M)Smyrna, ^(N)Pergamum, ^(O)Thyatira, ^(P)Sardis, ^(Q)Philadelphia, and ^(R)Laodicea.”

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

¹⁷ When I saw Him, I ^(AF)fell at His feet like a dead man. And He ^(AG)placed His right hand on me, saying, “^(AH)Do not be afraid; ^(AI)I am the first and the last, ¹⁸ and the ^(AJ)living One; and I ^[g](AK)was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have ^(AL)the keys of death and of Hades. ¹⁹ Therefore ^(AM)write ^(AN)the things which you have seen, ^[h]and the things which are, and the things which will take place ^(AO)after these things. ²⁰ As for the ^(AP)mystery of the ^(AQ)seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the ^(AR)seven golden lampstands: the ^(AS)seven stars are the angels of ^(AT)the seven churches, and the seven ^(AU)lampstands are the seven churches.