Greeting the Seven Churches
4 John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him awho is and bwho was and who is to come, cand from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,
5 and from Jesus Christ, athe faithful bwitness, the cfirstborn from the dead, and dthe ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him ewho loved us fand washed us from our sins in His own blood,
6 and has amade us kings and priests to His God and Father, bto Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
7 Behold, He is coming with aclouds, and every eye will see Him, even bthey who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
8 a“I am the Alpha and the Omega,1 the Beginning and the End,” says the2 Lord, b“who is and who was and who is to come, the cAlmighty.”
Vision of the Son of Man
9 I, John,1 both your brother and acompanion in the tribulation and bkingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
10 aI was in the Spirit on bthe Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me ca loud voice, as of a trumpet,
11 saying,1 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches2 which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
12 Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned aI saw seven golden lampstands,
13 aand in the midst of the seven lampstands bOne like the Son of Man, cclothed with a garment down to the feet and dgirded about the chest with a golden band.
14 His head and ahair were white like wool, as white as snow, and bHis eyes like a flame of fire;
15 aHis feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and bHis voice as the sound of many waters;
16 aHe had in His right hand seven stars, bout of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, cand His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in John Wesley's Notes for Revelation 1:6.
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