Revelation 1:3-5

English Standard Version

^3 (A)Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, ^(B)for the time is near.

Greeting to the Seven Churches

⁴ John to the seven churches that are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from ^(C)him ^(D)who is and ^(E)who was and who is to come, and from ^(F)the seven spirits who are before his throne, ⁵ and from Jesus Christ ^(G)the faithful witness, ^(H)the firstborn of the dead, and ^(I)the ruler of kings on earth.

To ^(J)him who loves us and ^(K)has freed us from our sins by his blood