Revelation 1

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: ² who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, ^[1]of all things that he saw. ³ Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

⁴ John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from ^[2]God, which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven spirits which are before his throne; ⁵ and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first-begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that ^[3]loveth us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, ⁶ and hath made us ^[4]a kingdom, priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

⁷ Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. ⁸ I am Alpha and Omega, ^[5]saith the Lord ^[6]God, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

⁹ I John, ^[7]who am your brother, and companion in ^[8]tribulation and kingdom and patience ^[9]in Christ Jesus, 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 Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, ¹¹ saying, ^[10]What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven ^[11]churches; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. ¹² And ^[12]there I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; ¹³ and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed 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 eyes were as a flame of fire; ¹⁵ and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. ¹⁶ And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. ¹⁷ And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, ^[13]saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last: ¹⁸ I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of ^[14]death and of hell. ¹⁹ Write ^[15]therefore 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 stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the ^[16]seven candlesticks are the seven churches.

Notes

1. 1:2 of all things: TR and of all things ↩
2. 1:4 God, which is: TR him which is ↩
3. 1:5 loveth: TR loved ↩
4. 1:6 a kingdom, priests unto God and his Father: TR kings and priests unto God and his Father ↩
5. 1:8 saith: TR the beginning and the ending, saith ↩
6. 1:8 God: TR omits ↩
7. 1:9 who: TR adds also ↩
8. 1:9 tribulation and kingdom: TR tribulation, and in the kingdom ↩
9. 1:9 in Christ Jesus: TR of Jesus Christ ↩
10. 1:11 What: TR I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What ↩
11. 1:11 churches: TR adds which are in Asia ↩
12. 1:12 there: TR omits ↩
13. 1:17 saying: TR adds unto me ↩
14. 1:18 death and of hell: TR hell and of death ↩
15. 1:19 therefore: TR omits ↩
16. 1:20 seven candlesticks: TR adds which thou sawest ↩