The Revelation of St. John the Divine, Chapter 1.
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him to show unto his
servants things which must shortly come to pass.
And he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John, who bare record of
the word of God and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he
saw.
Blessed is he that readeth and they that hear the words of this prophecy,
and to keep those things which are written therein.
For the time is at hand.
John, to the seven churches which are in Asia.
Grace be unto you and peace from him which is and which was and which is to come,
and from the seven spirits which are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ,
who was the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of
the kings of the earth.
Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made
us kings and priests unto God and his Father.
To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.
Amen.
Behold, he cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see him.
And they also which pierced him, and all kindreds of the earth,
shall wail because of him.
Even so, amen.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is and
which was and which is to come, the Almighty.
I, John, who also am your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the
kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos for
the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice as of a
trumpet, saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last.
And what thou seest, write in a book and send it unto the seven churches,
which are in Asia, unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos,
and unto Theatairon, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
And I turned to see the voice that spake with me.
And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks, and in the midst of the
seven candlesticks one, like unto the Son of Man, clothed with the garment down to
the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were
as a flame of fire, and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a
furnace, and his voice as the sound of many waters.
And he had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth went a sharp
two-edged sword, and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead.
And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not, I am the first
and the last.
I am he that liveth and was dead.
And behold, I am alive forevermore.
Amen.
And have the keys of hell and of death.
Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things
which shall be hereafter.
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven
golden candlesticks.
The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks
which thou sawest are the seven churches.