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Revelation 1:3-5
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Revelation 1:3-5
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3 The man who reads this Book and listens to it being read and obeys what it says will be happy. For all these things will happen soon.
John Writes to the Seven Churches in Asia
4 This is John writing to the seven churches in the country of Asia. May you have loving-favor and peace from God Who was and Who is and Who is to come. May you have loving-favor and peace from the seven Spirits who are before His throne. 5 May you have loving-favor and peace from Jesus Christ Who is faithful in telling the truth. Jesus Christ is the first to be raised from the dead. He is the head over all the kings of the earth. He is the One Who loves us and has set us free from our sins by His 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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