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Revelation 1-5
English Standard Version
Revelation 1-5
English Standard Version
Prologue
1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God (A)gave him (B)to show to his servants[a] the things that must soon take place. (C)He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 (D)who bore witness to the word of God and to (E)the testimony of Jesus Christ, even (F)to all that he saw. 3 (G)Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, (H)for the time is near.
Greeting to the Seven Churches
4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from (I)him (J)who is and (K)who was and who is to come, and from (L)the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ (M)the faithful witness, (N)the firstborn of the dead, and (O)the ruler of kings on earth.
To (P)him who loves us and (Q)has freed us from our sins by his blood 6 and made us (R)a kingdom, (S)priests to (T)his God and Father, to him be (U)glory and (V)dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, (W)he is coming with the clouds, and (X)every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail[b] on account of him. Even so. Amen.
8 (Y)“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, (Z)“who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Vision of the Son of Man
9 I, John, your brother and (AA)partner in (AB)the tribulation and (AC)the kingdom and (AD)the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos (AE)on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 (AF)I was in the Spirit (AG)on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice (AH)like a trumpet 11 saying, (AI)“Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”
12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw (AJ)seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands (AK)one like (AL)a son of man, (AM)clothed with a long robe and (AN)with a golden sash around his chest. 14 (AO)The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. (AP)His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 (AQ)his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and (AR)his voice was like the roar of many waters. 16 (AS)In his right hand he held seven stars, (AT)from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and (AU)his face was like the sun shining (AV)in full strength.
17 (AW)When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But (AX)he laid his right hand on me, (AY)saying, “Fear not, (AZ)I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. (BA)I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and (BB)I have the keys of Death and Hades. 19 (BC)Write therefore (BD)the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. 20 As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and (BE)the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and (BF)the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
To the Church in Ephesus
2 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of (BG)him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, (BH)who walks among the seven golden lampstands.
2 (BI)“‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but (BJ)have tested those (BK)who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. 3 I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up (BL)for my name's sake, and you (BM)have not grown weary. 4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned (BN)the love you had at first. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do (BO)the works you did at first. If not, (BP)I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. 6 Yet this you have: you hate the works of (BQ)the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 (BR)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (BS)To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of (BT)the tree of life, which is in (BU)the paradise of God.’
To the Church in Smyrna
8 “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of (BV)the first and the last, (BW)who died and came to life.
9 “‘I know your tribulation and (BX)your poverty ((BY)but you are rich) and the slander[c] of (BZ)those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, (CA)that you may be tested, and for (CB)ten days (CC)you will have tribulation. (CD)Be faithful (CE)unto death, and I will give you (CF)the crown of life. 11 (CG)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (CH)The one who conquers will not be hurt by (CI)the second death.’
To the Church in Pergamum
12 “And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has (CJ)the sharp two-edged sword.
13 “‘I know where you dwell, (CK)where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not (CL)deny my faith[d] even in the days of Antipas (CM)my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. 14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of (CN)Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might (CO)eat food sacrificed to idols and (CP)practice sexual immorality. 15 So also you have some who hold the teaching of (CQ)the Nicolaitans. 16 Therefore repent. If not, (CR)I will come to you soon and (CS)war against them with (CT)the sword of my mouth. 17 (CU)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (CV)To the one who conquers I will give some of (CW)the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with (CX)a new name written on the stone (CY)that no one knows except the one who receives it.’
To the Church in Thyatira
18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, (CZ)who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.
19 (DA)“‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. 20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman (DB)Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants (DC)to practice sexual immorality and (DD)to eat food sacrificed to idols. 21 I gave her time to repent, but (DE)she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. 22 Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works, 23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he (DF)who searches mind and heart, and (DG)I will give to each of you according to your works. 24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call (DH)the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I (DI)do not lay on you any other burden. 25 Only hold fast (DJ)what you have until I come. 26 (DK)The one who conquers and who keeps my works (DL)until the end, (DM)to him I will give authority over the nations, 27 and (DN)he will (DO)rule[e] them with a rod of iron, (DP)as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father. 28 And I will give him (DQ)the morning star. 29 (DR)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
To the Church in Sardis
3 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him (DS)who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.
“‘I know your works. You have the reputation (DT)of being alive, (DU)but you are dead. 2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works (DV)complete in the sight of my God. 3 (DW)Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, (DX)I will come (DY)like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. 4 Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not (DZ)soiled their garments, and they will walk with me (EA)in white, for they are (EB)worthy. 5 (EC)The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never (ED)blot his name out of (EE)the book of life. (EF)I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. 6 (EG)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
To the Church in Philadelphia
7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of (EH)the holy one, (EI)the true one, (EJ)who has the key of David, (EK)who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.
8 “‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you (EL)an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. 9 Behold, I will make those of (EM)the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, (EN)I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that (EO)I have loved you. 10 (EP)Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try (EQ)those who dwell on the earth. 11 (ER)I am coming soon. (ES)Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize (ET)your crown. 12 (EU)The one who conquers, I will make him (EV)a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him (EW)the name of my God, and (EX)the name of the city of my God, (EY)the new Jerusalem, (EZ)which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own (FA)new name. 13 (FB)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
To the Church in Laodicea
14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the (FC)Amen, (FD)the faithful and true witness, (FE)the beginning of God's creation.
15 “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. (FF)Would that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. 17 (FG)For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, (FH)blind, and naked. 18 I counsel you (FI)to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and (FJ)white garments so that you may clothe yourself and (FK)the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, (FL)so that you may see. 19 (FM)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and (FN)knock. (FO)If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, (FP)I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. 21 (FQ)The one who conquers, (FR)I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as (FS)I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 (FT)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”
The Throne in Heaven
4 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me (FU)like a trumpet, said, (FV)“Come up here, and (FW)I will show you what must take place after this.” 2 At once (FX)I was in the Spirit, and behold, (FY)a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. 3 And he who sat there had the appearance of (FZ)jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was (GA)a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. 4 Around the throne were (GB)twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, (GC)clothed in white garments, with (GD)golden crowns on their heads. 5 From the throne came (GE)flashes of lightning, and rumblings[f] and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning (GF)seven torches of fire, (GG)which are the seven spirits of God, 6 and before the throne there was (GH)as it were a sea of glass, like crystal.
And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are (GI)four living creatures, (GJ)full of eyes in front and behind: 7 (GK)the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight. 8 And the four living creatures, (GL)each of them with six wings, are (GM)full of eyes all around and within, and (GN)day and night they never cease to say,
9 And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, (GQ)who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders (GR)fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast (GS)their crowns before the throne, saying,
11 (GT)“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for (GU)you created all things,
and (GV)by your will they existed and were created.”
The Scroll and the Lamb
5 Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne (GW)a scroll written within and on the back, (GX)sealed with seven seals. 2 And (GY)I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, 4 and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, (GZ)the Lion (HA)of the tribe of Judah, (HB)the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw (HC)a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with (HD)seven eyes, which are (HE)the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. 8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders (HF)fell down before the Lamb, (HG)each holding a harp, and (HH)golden bowls full of incense, (HI)which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang (HJ)a new song, saying,
“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for (HK)you were slain, and by your blood (HL)you ransomed people for God
from (HM)every tribe and language and people and nation,
10 and you have made them (HN)a kingdom and priests to our God,
and they shall reign on the earth.”
11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering (HO)myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice,
(HP)“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”
13 And I heard (HQ)every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
14 And the four living creatures (HR)said, “Amen!” and the elders (HS)fell down and worshiped.
Footnotes
- Revelation 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; likewise for servant later in this verse
- Revelation 1:7 Or mourn
- Revelation 2:9 Greek blasphemy
- Revelation 2:13 Or your faith in me
- Revelation 2:27 Greek shepherd
- Revelation 4:5 Or voices, or sounds
Revelation 1-5
New International Version
Revelation 1-5
New International Version
Prologue
1 The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave(A) him to show his servants what must soon take place.(B) He made it known by sending his angel(C) to his servant John,(D) 2 who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God(E) and the testimony of Jesus Christ.(F) 3 Blessed 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,(G) because the time is near.(H)
Greetings and Doxology
4 John,
To the seven churches(I) in the province of Asia:
Grace and peace to you(J) from him who is, and who was, and who is to come,(K) and from the seven spirits[a](L) before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,(M) the firstborn from the dead,(N) and the ruler of the kings of the earth.(O)
To him who loves us(P) and has freed us from our sins by his blood,(Q) 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests(R) to serve his God and Father(S)—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.(T)
7 “Look, he is coming with the clouds,”[b](U)
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;(V)
and all peoples on earth “will mourn(W) because of him.”[c]
So shall it be! Amen.
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,”(X) says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,(Y) the Almighty.”(Z)
John’s Vision of Christ
9 I, John,(AA) your brother and companion in the suffering(AB) and kingdom(AC) and patient endurance(AD) that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God(AE) and the testimony of Jesus.(AF) 10 On the Lord’s Day(AG) I was in the Spirit,(AH) and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,(AI) 11 which said: “Write on a scroll what you see(AJ) and send it to the seven churches:(AK) to Ephesus,(AL) Smyrna,(AM) Pergamum,(AN) Thyatira,(AO) Sardis,(AP) Philadelphia(AQ) and Laodicea.”(AR)
12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,(AS) 13 and among the lampstands(AT) was someone like a son of man,[d](AU) dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet(AV) and with a golden sash around his chest.(AW) 14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.(AX) 15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,(AY) and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.(AZ) 16 In his right hand he held seven stars,(BA) and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword.(BB) His face was like the sun(BC) shining in all its brilliance.
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet(BD) as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me(BE) and said: “Do not be afraid.(BF) I am the First and the Last.(BG) 18 I am the Living One; I was dead,(BH) and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!(BI) And I hold the keys of death and Hades.(BJ)
19 “Write, therefore, what you have seen,(BK) what is now and what will take place later. 20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand(BL) and of the seven golden lampstands(BM) is this: The seven stars are the angels[e] of the seven churches,(BN) and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.(BO)
To the Church in Ephesus
2 “To the angel[f] of the church in Ephesus(BP) write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand(BQ) and walks among the seven golden lampstands.(BR) 2 I know your deeds,(BS) your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested(BT) those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.(BU) 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name,(BV) and have not grown weary.
4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.(BW) 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent(BX) and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand(BY) from its place. 6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans,(BZ) which I also hate.
7 Whoever has ears, let them hear(CA) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(CB) I will give the right to eat from the tree of life,(CC) which is in the paradise(CD) of God.
To the Church in Smyrna
8 “To the angel of the church in Smyrna(CE) write:
These are the words of him who is the First and the Last,(CF) who died and came to life again.(CG) 9 I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich!(CH) I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not,(CI) but are a synagogue of Satan.(CJ) 10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you,(CK) and you will suffer persecution for ten days.(CL) Be faithful,(CM) even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.(CN)
11 Whoever has ears, let them hear(CO) what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.(CP)
To the Church in Pergamum
12 “To the angel of the church in Pergamum(CQ) write:
These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.(CR) 13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me,(CS) not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,(CT) who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.(CU)
14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you:(CV) There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam,(CW) who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols(CX) and committed sexual immorality.(CY) 15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.(CZ) 16 Repent(DA) therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.(DB)
17 Whoever has ears, let them hear(DC) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(DD) I will give some of the hidden manna.(DE) I will also give that person a white stone with a new name(DF) written on it, known only to the one who receives it.(DG)
To the Church in Thyatira
18 “To the angel of the church in Thyatira(DH) write:
These are the words of the Son of God,(DI) whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.(DJ) 19 I know your deeds,(DK) your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.
20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel,(DL) who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.(DM) 21 I have given her time(DN) to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.(DO) 22 So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery(DP) with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds,(DQ) and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.(DR)
24 Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you,(DS) 25 except to hold on to what you have(DT) until I come.’(DU)
26 To the one who is victorious(DV) and does my will to the end,(DW) I will give authority over the nations(DX)— 27 that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter(DY) and will dash them to pieces like pottery’[g](DZ)—just as I have received authority from my Father. 28 I will also give that one the morning star.(EA) 29 Whoever has ears, let them hear(EB) what the Spirit says to the churches.
To the Church in Sardis
3 “To the angel[h] of the church in Sardis(EC) write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits[i](ED) of God and the seven stars.(EE) I know your deeds;(EF) you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.(EG) 2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent.(EH) But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief,(EI) and you will not know at what time(EJ) I will come to you.
4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes.(EK) They will walk with me, dressed in white,(EL) for they are worthy. 5 The one who is victorious(EM) will, like them, be dressed in white.(EN) I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life,(EO) but will acknowledge that name before my Father(EP) and his angels. 6 Whoever has ears, let them hear(EQ) what the Spirit says to the churches.
To the Church in Philadelphia
7 “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia(ER) write:
These are the words of him who is holy(ES) and true,(ET) who holds the key of David.(EU) What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. 8 I know your deeds.(EV) See, I have placed before you an open door(EW) that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.(EX) 9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan,(EY) who claim to be Jews though they are not,(EZ) but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet(FA) and acknowledge that I have loved you.(FB) 10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you(FC) from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world(FD) to test(FE) the inhabitants of the earth.(FF)
11 I am coming soon.(FG) Hold on to what you have,(FH) so that no one will take your crown.(FI) 12 The one who is victorious(FJ) I will make a pillar(FK) in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God(FL) and the name of the city of my God,(FM) the new Jerusalem,(FN) which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name. 13 Whoever has ears, let them hear(FO) what the Spirit says to the churches.
To the Church in Laodicea
14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea(FP) write:
These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness,(FQ) the ruler of God’s creation.(FR) 15 I know your deeds,(FS) that you are neither cold nor hot.(FT) I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’(FU) But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.(FV) 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire,(FW) so you can become rich; and white clothes(FX) to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness;(FY) and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.(FZ) So be earnest and repent.(GA) 20 Here I am! I stand at the door(GB) and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,(GC) I will come in(GD) and eat with that person, and they with me.
21 To the one who is victorious,(GE) I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,(GF) just as I was victorious(GG) and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 Whoever has ears, let them hear(GH) what the Spirit says to the churches.”
The Throne in Heaven
4 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open(GI) in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet(GJ) said, “Come up here,(GK) and I will show you what must take place after this.”(GL) 2 At once I was in the Spirit,(GM) and there before me was a throne in heaven(GN) with someone sitting on it. 3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper(GO) and ruby.(GP) A rainbow(GQ) that shone like an emerald(GR) encircled the throne. 4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders.(GS) They were dressed in white(GT) and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder.(GU) In front of the throne, seven lamps(GV) were blazing. These are the seven spirits[j](GW) of God. 6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass,(GX) clear as crystal.
In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures,(GY) and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.(GZ) 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.(HA) 8 Each of the four living creatures(HB) had six wings(HC) and was covered with eyes all around,(HD) even under its wings. Day and night(HE) they never stop saying:
9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne(HH) and who lives for ever and ever,(HI) 10 the twenty-four elders(HJ) fall down before him(HK) who sits on the throne(HL) and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,(HM)
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being.”(HN)
The Scroll and the Lamb
5 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne(HO) a scroll with writing on both sides(HP) and sealed(HQ) with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel(HR) proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” 3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. 4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. 5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion(HS) of the tribe of Judah,(HT) the Root of David,(HU) has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
6 Then I saw a Lamb,(HV) looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures(HW) and the elders.(HX) The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes,(HY) which are the seven spirits[l](HZ) of God sent out into all the earth. 7 He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.(IA) 8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures(IB) and the twenty-four elders(IC) fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp(ID) and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers(IE) of God’s people. 9 And they sang a new song, saying:(IF)
“You are worthy(IG) to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood(IH) you purchased(II) for God
persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.(IJ)
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests(IK) to serve our God,
and they will reign[m] on the earth.”(IL)
11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand.(IM) They encircled the throne and the living creatures(IN) and the elders.(IO) 12 In a loud voice they were saying:
“Worthy is the Lamb,(IP) who was slain,(IQ)
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and praise!”(IR)
13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth(IS) and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:
“To him who sits on the throne(IT) and to the Lamb(IU)
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”(IV)
14 The four living creatures(IW) said, “Amen,”(IX) and the elders(IY) fell down and worshiped.(IZ)
Footnotes
- Revelation 1:4 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
- Revelation 1:7 Daniel 7:13
- Revelation 1:7 Zech. 12:10
- Revelation 1:13 See Daniel 7:13.
- Revelation 1:20 Or messengers
- Revelation 2:1 Or messenger; also in verses 8, 12 and 18
- Revelation 2:27 Psalm 2:9
- Revelation 3:1 Or messenger; also in verses 7 and 14
- Revelation 3:1 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
- Revelation 4:5 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
- Revelation 4:8 Isaiah 6:3
- Revelation 5:6 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
- Revelation 5:10 Some manuscripts they reign
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