Revelation 1:3

New King James Version

³^(A)Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for ^(B)the time is near.

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Revelation 1:3

New American Standard Bible

³^(A)Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and ^[a]keep the things which are written in it; ^(B)for the time is near.

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Revelation 1:3

Amplified Bible

³^[a]Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and who keep the things which are written in it [heeding them and taking them to heart]; for the time [of fulfillment] is near.

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Footnotes

Revelation 1:3 This is the first of the seven promised blessings (beatitudes) of the Revelation. See also 14:13; 16:15; 19:9; 20:6; 22:7, 14.

Revelation 1:3

New International Version

³Blessed 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)

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