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Revelation
Darby Bible Translation → New Living Translation

Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to shew to his bondmen what must shortly take place; and he signified [it], sending by his angel, to his bondman John,

This is a revelation froma Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants the events that must soonb take place. He sent an angel to present this revelation to his servant John,

who testified the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all things that he saw.

who faithfully reported everything he saw. This is his report of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Blessed [is] he that reads, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it; for the time [is] near.

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.

John to the seven assemblies which [are] in Asia: Grace to you and peace from [him] who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits which [are] before his throne;

This letter is from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia.c Grace and peace to you from the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come; from the sevenfold Spiritd before his throne;

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and has washed us from our sins in his blood,

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.

and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father: to him [be] the glory and the might to the ages of ages. Amen.

He has made us a Kingdom of priests for God his Father. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.

Behold, he comes with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they which have pierced him, and all the tribes of the land shall wail because of him. Yea. Amen.

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!

I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith [the] Lord God, he who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega — the beginning and the end,”e says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come — the Almighty One.”

I John, your brother and fellow-partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and patience, in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus.

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.

I became in [the] Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet,

It was the Lord’s Day, and I was worshiping in the Spirit.f Suddenly, I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet blast.

saying, What thou seest write in a book, and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

It said, “Write in a bookg everything you see, and send it to the seven churches in the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

And I turned back to see the voice which spoke with me; and having turned, I saw seven golden lamps,

When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold lampstands.

and in the midst of the [seven] lamps [one] like [the] Son of man, clothed with a garment reaching to the feet, and girt about at the breasts with a golden girdle:

And standing in the middle of the lampstands was someone like the Son of Man.h He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash across his chest.

his head and hair white like white wool, as snow; and his eyes as a flame of fire;

His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow. And his eyes were like flames of fire.

and his feet like fine brass, as burning in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters;

His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice thundered like mighty ocean waves.

and having in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword going forth; and his countenance as the sun shines in its power.

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.

And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead; and he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,

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.

and the living one: and I became dead, and behold, I am living to the ages of ages, and have the keys of death and of hades.

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.i

Write therefore what thou hast seen, and the things that are, and the things that are about to be after these.

“Write down what you have seen — both the things that are now happening and the things that will happen.j

The mystery of the seven stars which thou hast seen on my right hand, and the seven golden lamps. -- The seven stars are angels of the seven assemblies; and the seven lamps are seven assemblies.

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 angelsk of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

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