Prologue
1The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God agave him bto show to his servants1 the things that must soon take place. cHe made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2dwho bore witness to the word of God and to ethe testimony of Jesus Christ, even fto all that he saw. 3gBlessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, hfor the time is near.
Greeting to the Seven Churches
4John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from ihim jwho is and kwho was and who is to come, and from lthe seven spirits who are before his throne, 5and from Jesus Christ mthe faithful witness, nthe firstborn of the dead, and othe ruler of kings on earth.
To phim who loves us and qhas freed us from our sins by his blood 6and made us ra kingdom, rpriests to shis God and Father, to him be tglory and udominion forever and ever. Amen. 7Behold, vhe is coming with the clouds, and wevery eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail2 on account of him. Even so. Amen.
8x“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, y“who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
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