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Revelation 1:3-5
Modern English Version
Revelation 1:3-5
Modern English Version
3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written in it, for the time is near.
4 John,
To the seven churches which are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
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Revelation 1:3-5
New International Version
Revelation 1:3-5
New International Version
3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it,(A) because the time is near.(B)
Greetings and Doxology
4 John,
To the seven churches(C) in the province of Asia:
Grace and peace to you(D) from him who is, and who was, and who is to come,(E) and from the seven spirits[a](F) before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,(G) the firstborn from the dead,(H) and the ruler of the kings of the earth.(I)
To him who loves us(J) and has freed us from our sins by his blood,(K)
Footnotes
- Revelation 1:4 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
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