Revelation 1:3-8
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.
Greeting the Seven Churches
4 John, to the seven churches which are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from Him (C)who is and (D)who was and who is to come, (E)and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, (F)the faithful (G)witness, the (H)firstborn from the dead, and (I)the ruler over the kings of the earth.
To Him (J)who [a]loved us (K)and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has (L)made us [b]kings and priests to His God and Father, (M)to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
7 Behold, He is coming with (N)clouds, and every eye will see Him, even (O)they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
8 (P)“I am the Alpha and the Omega, [c]the Beginning and the End,” says the [d]Lord, (Q)“who is and who was and who is to come, the (R)Almighty.”
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- Revelation 1:5 NU loves us and freed; M loves us and washed
- Revelation 1:6 NU, M a kingdom
- Revelation 1:8 NU, M omit the Beginning and the End
- Revelation 1:8 NU, M Lord God
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