³⁷ Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “^(A)You yourself said I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, ^(B)to bear witness to the truth. ^(C)Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, ^(A)the faithful witness, the ^(B)firstborn of the dead, and the ^(C)ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who ^(D)loves us and released us from our sins ^[a]by His blood—

To the Church in Laodicea

¹⁴ “And to the angel of the church in ^(A)Laodicea write:

^(B)This is what the Amen, ^(C)the faithful and true Witness, ^(D)the ^[a]Beginning of the creation of God, says: