¹⁸ I am the Living One; I was dead,^(A) and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!^(B) And I hold the keys of death and Hades.^(C)

¹⁹ “Write, therefore, what you have seen,^(D) what is now and what will take place later. ²⁰ The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand^(E) and of the seven golden lampstands^(F) is this: The seven stars are the angels^[a] of the seven churches,^(G) and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.^(H)