Revelation 1 (NET)

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Revelation 1:1¹The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must happen very soon. He made it clear by sending his angel to his servant John,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 22:16 Rev 22:6 Gal 1:12 Amos 3:7 Dan 2:28-29 Rev 1:19 Eph 3:3 Rev 1:9 Dan 9:23 John 15:15

Revelation 1:2²who then testified to everything that he saw concerning the word of God and the testimony about Jesus Christ.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 19:35 1 Cor 1:6 1 John 1:1 John 21:24 Rev 1:19 Rev 12:17 Acts 26:16 Rev 1:9 Rev 6:9 1 Cor 2:1

Revelation 1:3³Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy aloud, and blessed are those who hear and obey the things written in it, because the time is near!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 11:28 Rev 22:10 Rom 13:11 1 Pet 4:7 Rev 22:6-7 Prov 8:34 Dan 12:12-13 Jas 5:8-9 Rev 22:12 2 Pet 3:8

Revelation 1:4⁴From John, to the seven churches that are in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from “he who is,” and who was, and who is still to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 11:2 John 1:1 Heb 13:8 Ps 90:2 Rev 5:6 Rev 4:5 Rev 1:8 Rev 3:1 Jas 1:17 Zech 4:10

Revelation 1:5⁵and from Jesus Christ—the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own bloodCopy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 89:27 Heb 9:14 1 John 1:7 Rev 17:14 Col 1:18 1 Pet 1:19 Acts 26:23 Rev 19:16 1 John 4:10 John 18:37

Revelation 1:6⁶and has appointed us as a kingdom, as priests serving his God and Father—to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! Amen.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 5:10 Rev 20:6 Exod 19:6 1 Pet 2:5-9 Isa 61:6 Rev 5:12-14 Rom 11:36-12:1 2 Pet 3:18 Rev 4:11 Dan 4:34

Revelation 1:7⁷(Look! He is returning with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes on the earth will mourn because of him. This will certainly come to pass! Amen.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 24:30 Zech 12:10 Dan 7:13 John 19:37 Mark 14:62 Luke 21:27 1 Thess 4:17 1 Thess 1:10 Mark 13:26 Matt 26:64

Revelation 1:8⁸“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God—the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come—the All-Powerful!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 44:6 Rev 22:13 Isa 48:12 Isa 43:10 Rev 21:6 Isa 41:4 Rev 1:4 Rev 11:17 Rev 1:17 Rev 4:8

Revelation 1:9⁹I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 14:22 Rev 3:10 John 16:33 Rev 1:2 Phil 4:14 Rev 13:10 Rev 7:14 2 Tim 1:8 Rev 12:11 1 Cor 4:9-13

Revelation 1:11¹¹saying: “Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches—to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Col 4:15-16 Hab 2:2 Jer 30:2 Rev 3:1 Eph 1:1 Isa 30:8 Rev 1:4 Rev 2:12 Rev 2:18 Rev 2:8

Revelation 1:12¹²I turned to see whose voice was speaking to me, and when I did so, I saw seven golden lampstands,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Zech 4:2 Exod 25:37 Rev 1:20-2:1 Rev 1:13 Ezek 43:5-6 Mic 6:9

Revelation 1:13¹³and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man. He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt around his chest.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 7:13 Dan 10:16 Dan 10:5-6 Exod 28:6-8 Rev 15:6 Lev 8:7 Rev 14:14 Dan 7:9 Ezek 1:26-28 Isa 11:5

Revelation 1:14¹⁴His head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Dan 10:6 Dan 7:9 Rev 19:12 Rev 2:18 Matt 28:3

Revelation 1:15¹⁵His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 43:2 Dan 10:6 Rev 14:2 Rev 19:6 Rev 2:18 Ps 93:4 Ezek 1:7 Ezek 40:3 Isa 17:13

Revelation 1:16¹⁶He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His face shone like the sun shining at full strength.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 4:12 Rev 2:12 Rev 19:15 Rev 2:16 Eph 6:17 Isa 49:2 Rev 19:21 Matt 17:2 Isa 60:19-20 Acts 26:13

Revelation 1:17¹⁷When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 44:6 Dan 10:8-10 Rev 22:13 Dan 8:17-18 Isa 41:4 Isa 48:12 Rev 2:8 Dan 10:17-19 Ezek 1:28 Isa 41:10

Revelation 1:18¹⁸and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive—forever and ever—and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 6:9 Heb 7:25 Rom 14:8-9 Ps 68:20 Isa 22:22 Rev 3:7 Heb 12:2 Heb 7:16 Matt 16:19 Rev 20:1-2

Revelation 1:19¹⁹Therefore write what you saw, what is, and what will be after these things.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 4:1-11 Rev 1:11-2:3

Revelation 1:20²⁰The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 2:1 Rev 3:1 Rev 1:16 Zech 4:2 Rev 3:7 Rev 3:14 Rev 1:12-13 Rev 2:12 Rev 2:18 Rev 2:8

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