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The Revelation of Jesus Christ |
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Revelation 1:1
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The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave
Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He
sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, |
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Revelation 1:2
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who testified to the word of God and to the
testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. |
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Revelation 1:3
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Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the
words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time
is near. |
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Message to the Seven Churches |
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Revelation 1:4
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John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from
the seven Spirits who are before His throne, |
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Revelation 1:5
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and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness,
the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who
loves us and released us from our sins by His blood-- |
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Revelation 1:6
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and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests
to His God and Father--to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever.
Amen. |
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Revelation 1:7
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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 over Him. So it is to be. Amen. |
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Revelation 1:8
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"I am the Alpha and the
Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and
who is to come, the Almighty." |
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The Patmos Vision |
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Revelation 1:9
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I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in
the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island
called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. |
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Revelation 1:10
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I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I
heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet, |
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Revelation 1:11
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saying, "Write in a book
what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and
to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea." |
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Revelation 1:12
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Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking
with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands; |
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Revelation 1:13
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and in the middle of the lampstands I saw one
like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His
chest with a golden sash. |
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Revelation 1:14
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His head and His hair were white like white
wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire. |
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Revelation 1:15
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His feet were like burnished bronze, when it
has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters.
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Revelation 1:16
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In His right hand He held seven stars, and out
of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining
in its strength. |
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Revelation 1:17
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When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead
man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, "Do not
be afraid; I am the first and the last, |
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Revelation 1:18
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and the living One; and
I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and
of Hades. |
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Revelation 1:19
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"Therefore write the things
which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take
place after these things. |
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Revelation 1:20
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"As for the mystery of
the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands:
the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands
are the seven churches. |
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