Revelation 1:3-5
Legacy Standard Bible
3 (A)Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep the things which are written in it, (B)for the time is near.
Message to the Seven Churches
4 (C)John to (D)the seven churches that are in (E)Asia: (F)Grace to you and peace, from (G)the One who is and who was and who [a]is to come, and from (H)the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, (I)the faithful witness, the (J)firstborn of the dead, and the (K)ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who (L)loves us and released us from our sins [b]by His blood—
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- Revelation 1:4 Or is coming
- Revelation 1:5 Or in
Revelation 1:3-5
New International Version
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,(A) because the time is near.(B)
Greetings and Doxology
4 John,
To the seven churches(C) in the province of Asia:
Grace and peace to you(D) from him who is, and who was, and who is to come,(E) and from the seven spirits[a](F) before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,(G) the firstborn from the dead,(H) and the ruler of the kings of the earth.(I)
To him who loves us(J) and has freed us from our sins by his blood,(K)
Footnotes
- Revelation 1:4 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
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