(A)“I am the Alpha and the Omega, [a]the Beginning and the End,” says the [b]Lord, (B)“who is and who was and who is to come, the (C)Almighty.”

Vision of the Son of Man

I, John, [c]both your brother and (D)companion in the tribulation and (E)kingdom 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 (F)I was in the Spirit on (G)the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me (H)a loud voice, as of a trumpet,

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:8 NU, M omit the Beginning and the End
  2. Revelation 1:8 NU, M Lord God
  3. Revelation 1:9 NU, M omit both

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,”(A) says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,(B) the Almighty.”(C)

John’s Vision of Christ

I, John,(D) your brother and companion in the suffering(E) and kingdom(F) and patient endurance(G) that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God(H) and the testimony of Jesus.(I) 10 On the Lord’s Day(J) I was in the Spirit,(K) and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,(L)

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