1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show to his servants things which must shortly be done; which he sent and showed by his angel to his servant John;

² Who bore record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

³ Blessed is he who reads, and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein; for the time is at hand.

⁴ John, To the seven Churches which are in Asia: Grace be with 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 that faithful witness and that first begotten of the dead and that Prince of the Kings of the earth. To Him - who loved us and washed us from our sins in His blood

⁶ and made us kings and priests to God, even His Father - to Him, I say, be glory and dominion forevermore! Amen.

⁷ Behold, He comes with clouds. And every eye shall see Him (indeed, even those who pierced Him through). And all kindreds of the earth shall wail before Him. Even so, Amen.

⁸ “I am Alpha and Omega; the beginning and the ending,” says the Lord, Who is, and Who was, and Who is to come; even the Almighty.

⁹ I, John, even your brother and companion in tribulation - and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ - was on the Isle called Patmos for the word of God and for the witnessing of Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ And I was ravished in the Spirit on the Lord’s day and heard behind me a great voice, as if it had been of a trumpet,

¹¹ Saying, “I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. And write that which you see in a book and send it to the seven Churches which are in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

¹² Then I turned back to see the voice that spoke with me. And when I had turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks,

¹³ And in the midst of the seven candlesticks, one like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet, and His chest wrapped with a golden girdle.

¹⁴ His head and hairs were white as white wool, and as snow. And His eyes were as a flame of fire,

¹⁵ And His feet were like fine brass, burning as in a furnace. And His voice as the sound of many waters.

¹⁶ And He had in His right hand seven stars. And out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword. And His face shone as the sun shines in His strength.

¹⁷ And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. Then He laid His right hand upon me, saying to me, “Fear not. I am the first and the last.

¹⁸ And I am alive, but I was dead. And behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of hell and of death.

¹⁹ “Write these things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall come hereafter.

²⁰ “The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand - and the seven golden candlesticks - is this: ‘The seven stars are the angels of the seven Churches. And the seven candlesticks which you saw are the seven Churches.