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The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which ^(C1)God gave Him to ^(C2)show to His bond-servants, ^(C3)the things which must soon take place; and He sent and ^(F1)communicated it ^(C4)by His angel to His bond-servant ^(C5)John,

who testified to ^(C1)the word of God and to ^(C2)the testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw.

^(C1)Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and ^(F1)keep the things which are written in it; ^(C2)for the time is near.

^(C1)John to ^(C2)the seven churches that are in ^(C3)Asia: ^(C4)Grace to you and peace from ^(C5)Him who is, and who was, and who ^(F1)is to come, and from ^(C6)the ^(F2)seven spirits who are before His throne,

and from Jesus Christ, ^(C1)the faithful witness, the ^(C2)firstborn of the dead, and the ^(C3)ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who ^(C4)loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—

and He made us into a ^(C1)kingdom, ^(C1)priests to ^(F1)(C2)His God and Father—^(C3)to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

^(C1)BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and ^(C2)every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will ^(C3)mourn over Him. ^(F1)So it is to be. Amen.

"I am ^(C1)the Alpha and the Omega," says the ^(C2)Lord God, "^(C3)who is and who was and who ^(F1)is to come, the Almighty."

^(C1)I, John, your ^(C2)brother and ^(C3)fellow participant in the tribulation and ^(C4)kingdom and ^(F1)(C5)perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^(C6)because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.