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^(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.

I was ^(C1)in the ^(F1)Spirit on ^(C2)the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^(C3)like the sound of a trumpet,

saying, "^(C1)Write ^(F1)on a scroll what you see, and send it to the ^(C2)seven churches: to ^(C3)Ephesus, ^(C4)Smyrna, ^(C5)Pergamum, ^(C6)Thyatira, ^(C7)Sardis, ^(C8)Philadelphia, and ^(C9)Laodicea."

Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw ^(C1)seven golden lampstands;

and ^(C1)in the middle of the lampstands I saw one ^(C2)like ^(F1)a son of man, ^(C3)clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and ^(C4)wrapped around the chest with a golden sash.

His head and His ^(C1)hair were white like white wool, like snow; and ^(C2)His eyes were like a flame of fire.

His ^(C1)feet were like ^(F1)burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His ^(C2)voice was like the sound of many waters.

In His right hand He held ^(C1)seven stars, and out of His mouth came a ^(C2)sharp two-edged sword; and His ^(C3)face was like ^(C4)the sun ^(F1)shining in its strength.

When I saw Him, I ^(C1)fell at His feet like a dead man. And He ^(C2)placed His right hand on me, saying, "^(C3)Do not be afraid; ^(C4)I am the first and the last,

and the ^(C1)living One; and I ^(F1)(C2)was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have ^(C3)the keys of death and of Hades.

"Therefore ^(C1)write ^(C2)the things which you have seen, ^(F1)and the things which are, and the things which will take place ^(C3)after these things.

"As for the ^(C1)mystery of the ^(C2)seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the ^(C3)seven golden lampstands: the ^(C2)seven stars are the angels of ^(C4)the seven churches, and the seven ^(C5)lampstands are the seven churches.