CHAPTER 1
This is the revelation
of Jesus
Christ,
which
God
gave
Him
to show
His
servants
what
must
soon
come to pass.
He made it known
by
sending
His
angel
to
His
servant
John,
Blessed is
the one who
reads aloud
the
words
of this
prophecy,
and blessed are
those who
hear
and
obey
what
is written
in
it,
because
the
time is
near.
John,
To the
seven
churches
in
the province of Asia:
Grace
and
peace
to you
from
Him who
is
and
was
and
is to come,
and
from
the
sevenfold
Spirit
before
His
throne,
and
from
Jesus
Christ,
the
faithful
witness,
the
firstborn
from the
dead,
and
the
ruler
of the
kings
of the
earth.
To Him who
loves
us
and
has released
us
from
our
sins
by
His
blood,
who
has made
us to be
a kingdom,
priests
to
His
God
and
Father—
to Him be
the
glory
and
power
forever
and
ever!
Amen.
Behold,
He is coming
with
the
clouds,
and
every
eye
will see
Him—
even
those who
pierced
Him.
And
all
the
tribes
of the
earth
will mourn
because of
Him.
So shall it be!
Amen.
I,
John,
your
brother
and
partner
in
the
tribulation
and
kingdom
and
perseverance
that are in
Jesus,
was
on
the
island
of
Patmos
because of
the
word
of God
and
my
testimony
about Jesus.
saying,
“Write
in
a scroll
what
you see
and
send it
to the
seven
churches:
to
Ephesus,
Smyrna,
Pergamum,
Thyatira,
Sardis,
Philadelphia,
and
Laodicea.”
Then
I turned
to see
the
voice
that
was speaking
with
me.
And
having turned,
I saw
seven
golden
lampstands,
and
among
the
lampstands
was One like
the Son
of Man,
dressed in a long robe,
with a golden
sash
around
His
chest.
The
hair
of His
head
was white
like
wool,
as white
as
snow,
and
His
eyes
were like
a blazing
fire.
His
feet
were like
polished bronze
refined
in
a furnace,
and
His
voice
was like
the roar
of many
waters.
He held
in
His
right
hand
seven
stars,
and
a sharp
double-edged
sword
came
from
His
mouth.
His
face
was like
the
sun
shining
at
its
brightest.
When
I saw
Him,
I fell
at
His
feet
like
a dead man.
But
He placed
His
right hand
on
me
and said,
“Do not
be afraid.
I
am
the
First
and
the
Last,
the
Living One.
I was
dead,
and
behold,
now I am
alive
forever
and
ever!
And
I hold
the
keys
of
Death
and
of
Hades.
Therefore
write down
the things
you have seen,
and
the things that
are,
and
the things that
will
happen
after
this.
This is the
mystery
of the
seven
stars
you saw
in
My
right hand
and
of the
seven
golden
lampstands:
The
seven
stars
are
the angels
of the
seven
churches,
and
the
seven
lampstands
are
the seven
churches.