Revelation 1:1-3

J.B. Phillips New Testament

Concerning this book

1 ^1-2 This is a Revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him so that he might show his servants what must very soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who is the witness of all that he saw—the message of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

³ Happy is the man who reads this prophecy and happy are those who hear it read and pay attention to its message; for the time is near.