Revelation 1:5-7

International Standard Version

⁵and from Jesus the Messiah,^[a] the witness, the faithful one,^[b] the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has freed^[c] us from our sins by his blood ⁶and has made us a kingdom, priests for his God and Father, be glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

⁷Look! He is coming in the clouds.
    Every eye will see him,
        even those who pierced him,
and all the tribes of the earth will mourn
    because of him.

So be it! Amen.

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Revelation 1:5 Or Jesus the Messiah, the faithful witness
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Revelation 1:5-7

New International Version

⁵and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,^(A) the firstborn from the dead,^(B) and the ruler of the kings of the earth.^(C)

To him who loves us^(D) and has freed us from our sins by his blood,^(E) ⁶and has made us to be a kingdom and priests^(F) to serve his God and Father^(G)—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.^(H)

⁷“Look, he is coming with the clouds,”^[a]^(I)
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;^(J)
and all peoples on earth “will mourn^(K) because of him.”^[b]
So shall it be! Amen.