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1. This is a revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants the events that must soon take place. He sent an angel to present this revelation to his servant John,
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1. The Revelation G602 of Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 , which G3739 God G2316 gave G1325 unto him G846 , to show G1166 unto his G848 servants G1401 things which G3739 must G1163 shortly G1722 G5034 come to pass G1096 ; and G2532 he sent G649 and signified G4591 it by G1223 his G848 angel G32 unto his G848 servant G1401 John G2491 :
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2. who faithfully reported everything he saw. This is his report of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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2. Who G3739 bare record G3140 of the G3588 word G3056 of God G2316 , and G2532 of the G3588 testimony G3141 of Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 , and G5037 of all things that G3745 he saw G1492 .
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3. God blesses the one who reads the words of this prophecy to the church, and he blesses all who listen to its message and obey what it says, for the time is near.
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3. Blessed G3107 is he that readeth G314 , and G2532 they that hear G191 the G3588 words G3056 of this prophecy G4394 , and G2532 keep G5083 those things which are written G1125 therein G1722 G846 : for G1063 the G3588 time G2540 is at hand G1451 .
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4. This letter is from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia. Grace and peace to you from the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come; from the sevenfold Spirit before his throne;
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4. John G2491 to the G3588 seven G2033 churches G1577 which G3588 are in G1722 Asia G773 : Grace G5485 be unto you G5213 , and G2532 peace G1515 , from G575 him which is , and which was , and which is to come G3801 ; and G2532 from G575 the G3588 seven G2033 Spirits G4151 which G3739 are G2076 before G1799 his G848 throne G2362 ;
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5. and from Jesus Christ. He is the faithful witness to these things, the first to rise from the dead, and the ruler of all the kings of the world.All glory to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us.
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5. And G2532 from G575 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 , who is the G3588 faithful G4103 witness G3144 , and the G3588 first begotten G4416 of G1537 the G3588 dead G3498 , and G2532 the G3588 prince G758 of the G3588 kings G935 of the G3588 earth G1093 . Unto him that loved G25 us G2248 , and G2532 washed G3068 us G2248 from G575 our G2257 sins G266 in G1722 his own G848 blood G129 ,
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6. He has made us a Kingdom of priests for God his Father. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.
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6. And G2532 hath made G4160 us G2248 kings G935 and G2532 priests G2409 unto God G2316 and G2532 his G848 Father G3962 ; to him G846 be glory G1391 and G2532 dominion G2904 forever and ever G1519 G165 G165 . Amen G281 .
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7. Look! He comes with the clouds of heaven. And everyone will see him-- even those who pierced him. And all the nations of the world will mourn for him. Yes! Amen!
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7. Behold G2400 , he cometh G2064 with G3326 clouds G3507 ; and G2532 every G3956 eye G3788 shall see G3700 him G846 , and G2532 they also which G3748 pierced G1574 him G846 : and G2532 all G3956 kindreds G5443 of the G3588 earth G1093 shall wail G2875 because of G1909 him G846 . Even so G3483 , Amen G281 .
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8. "I am the Alpha and the Omega-- the beginning and the end," says the Lord God. "I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come-- the Almighty One."
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8. I G1473 am G1510 G3588 Alpha G1 and G2532 G3588 Omega G5598 , the beginning G746 and G2532 the ending, saith G5056 the G3588 Lord G2962 , which is , and which was , and which is to come G3801 , the G3588 Almighty G3841 .
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9. I, John, am your brother and your partner in suffering and in God's Kingdom and in the patient endurance to which Jesus calls us. I was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the word of God and for my testimony about Jesus.
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9. I G1473 John G2491 , who also G2532 am your G5216 brother G80 , and G2532 companion G4791 in G1722 tribulation G2347 , and G2532 in G1722 the G3588 kingdom G932 and G2532 patience G5281 of Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 , was G1096 in G1722 the G3588 isle G3520 that is called G2564 Patmos G3963 , for G1223 the G3588 word G3056 of God G2316 , and G2532 for G1223 the G3588 testimony G3141 of Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 .
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10. It was the Lord's Day, and I was worshiping in the Spirit. Suddenly, I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet blast.
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10. I was G1096 in G1722 the Spirit G4151 on G4151 the G3588 Lord G2960 's day G2250 , and G2532 heard G191 behind G3694 me G3450 a great G3173 voice G5456 , as G5613 of a trumpet G4536 ,
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11. It said, "Write in a book everything you see, and send it to the seven churches in the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."
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11. Saying G3004 , I G1473 am G1510 G3588 Alpha G1 and G2532 G3588 Omega G5598 , the G3588 first G4413 and G2532 the G3588 last G2078 : and G2532 , What G3739 thou seest G991 , write G1125 in G1519 a book G975 , and G2532 send G3992 it unto the G3588 seven G2033 churches G1577 which G3588 are in G1722 Asia G773 ; unto G1519 Ephesus G2181 , and G2532 unto G1519 Smyrna G4667 , and G2532 unto G1519 Pergamos G4010 , and G2532 unto G1519 Thyatira G2363 , and G2532 unto G1519 Sardis G4554 , and G2532 unto G1519 Philadelphia G5359 , and G2532 unto G1519 Laodicea G2993 .
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12. When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold lampstands.
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12. And G2532 I turned G1994 to see G991 the G3588 voice G5456 that G3748 spake G2980 with G3326 me G1700 . And G2532 being turned G1994 , I saw G1492 seven G2033 golden G5552 candlesticks G3087 ;
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13. And standing in the middle of the lampstands was someone like the Son of Man. He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash across his chest.
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13. And G2532 in G1722 the midst G3319 of the G3588 seven G2033 candlesticks G3087 one like unto G3664 the Son G5207 of man G444 , clothed with G1746 a garment down to the foot G4158 , and G2532 girt about G4024 G4314 the G3588 paps G3149 with a golden G5552 girdle G2223 .
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14. His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow. And his eyes were like flames of fire.
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14. G1161 His G848 head G2776 and G2532 his hairs G2359 were white G3022 like G5616 wool G2053 , as white G3022 as G5613 snow G5510 ; and G2532 his G848 eyes G3788 were as G5613 a flame G5395 of fire G4442 ;
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15. His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice thundered like mighty ocean waves.
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15. And G2532 his G848 feet G4228 like unto G3664 fine brass G5474 , as G5613 if they burned G4448 in G1722 a furnace G2575 ; and G2532 his G848 voice G5456 as G5613 the sound G5456 of many G4183 waters G5204 .
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16. He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp two-edged sword came from his mouth. And his face was like the sun in all its brilliance.
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16. And G2532 he had G2192 in G1722 his G848 right G1188 hand G5495 seven G2033 stars G792 : and G2532 out of G1537 his G848 mouth G4750 went G1607 a sharp G3691 two G1366 -edged sword G4501 and G2532 his G848 countenance G3799 was as G5613 the G3588 sun G2246 shineth G5316 in G1722 his G848 strength G1411 .
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17. When I saw him, I fell at his feet as if I were dead. But he laid his right hand on me and said, "Don't be afraid! I am the First and the Last.
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17. And G2532 when G3753 I saw G1492 him G846 , I fell G4098 at G4314 his G848 feet G4228 as G5613 dead G3498 . And G2532 he laid G2007 his G848 right G1188 hand G5495 upon G1909 me G1691 , saying G3004 unto me G3427 , Fear G5399 not G3361 ; I G1473 am G1510 the G3588 first G4413 and G2532 the G3588 last G2078 :
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18. I am the living one. I died, but look-- I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave.
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18. G2532 I am he that liveth G2198 , and G2532 was G1096 dead G3498 ; and G2532 , behold G2400 , I am G1510 alive G2198 forevermore G1519 G165 G165 , Amen G281 ; and G2532 have G2192 the G3588 keys G2807 of hell G86 and G2532 of death G2288 .
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19. "Write down what you have seen-- both the things that are now happening and the things that will happen.
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19. Write G1125 the things which G3739 thou hast seen G1492 , and G2532 the things which G3739 are G1526 , and G2532 the things which G3739 shall G3195 be G1096 hereafter G3326 G5023 ;
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20. This is the meaning of the mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
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20. The G3588 mystery G3466 of the G3588 seven G2033 stars G792 which G3739 thou sawest G1492 in G1909 my G3450 right hand G1188 , and G2532 the G3588 seven G2033 golden G5552 candlesticks G3087 . The G3588 seven G2033 stars G792 are G1526 the angels G32 of the G3588 seven G2033 churches G1577 : and G2532 the G3588 seven G2033 candlesticks G3087 which G3739 thou sawest G1492 are G1526 the seven G2033 churches G1577 .
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