| 1 | The Revelation of Jesus Christ , which God gave unto him , to shew 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 , and 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 him 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 loved us , and washed us from our sins in his own blood , |
| 6 | And hath made us kings and 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 , the beginning and the ending , saith the Lord , which is , and which was , and which is to come , the Almighty . |
| 9 | I John , who also am your brother , and companion in tribulation , and in the kingdom and patience 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 Lord's day , and heard behind me a great voice , as of a trumpet , |
| 11 | Saying , I am Alpha and Omega , the first and the last : and , What thou seest , write in a book , and send [it] unto the seven churches which are in Asia ; unto Ephesus , and unto Smyrna , and unto Pergamos , and unto Thyatira , and unto Sardis , and unto Philadelphia , and unto Laodicea . |
| 12 | And 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 twoedged 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 , saying unto me , 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 hell and of death . |
| 19 | Write 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 seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches . |
