Revelation 1:2-4

Lexham English Bible

² who testified about the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all that he saw. ³ Blessed is the one who reads aloud and blessed are^[a] those who hear the words of the prophecy and observe the things written in it, because the time is near!

Greetings to the Churches

⁴ John, to the seven churches in Asia:^[b] grace to you and peace from the one who is and the one who was and the one who is coming, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,