Revelation 1

Chapter 1

Christ chooses some as kings and priests unto God—Christ will come again—John sees the risen Lord.

1 ^aThe ^bRevelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his ^cservants things which must ^dshortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his ^eangel unto his servant John:

2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

3 ^aBlessed is he that ^breadeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the ^ctime is at hand.

4 John to the ^aseven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which ^bis, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven ^cSpirits which are before his throne;

5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the ^afirst begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and ^bwashed us from our sins in his own ^cblood,

6 And hath made us ^akings and ^bpriests unto God and his Father; to him be ^cglory and ^ddominion for ever and ever. Amen.

7 Behold, he ^acometh with clouds; and every eye shall ^bsee him, and they also which pierced him: and all ^ckindreds of the earth shall ^dwail because of him. Even so, Amen.

8 I am ^aAlpha and Omega, the ^bbeginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the ^cAlmighty.

9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and ^apatience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

10 I was in the Spirit on the ^aLord’s ^bday, and heard behind me a great ^cvoice, as of a trumpet,

11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the ^afirst and the last: and, What thou seest, ^bwrite in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto ^cThyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto ^dLaodicea.

12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden ^acandlesticks;

13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the ^aSon of man, ^bclothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his ^aeyes were as a flame of ^bfire;

15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his ^avoice as the sound of many waters.

16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged ^asword: and his ^bcountenance was as the ^csun shineth in his strength.

17 And when I ^asaw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

18 I am he that ^aliveth, and was ^bdead; and, behold, I am alive for ^cevermore, Amen; and have the ^dkeys of ^ehell and of death.

19 ^aWrite the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;

20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven ^astars are the ^bangels of the seven churches: and the seven ^ccandlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.