Revelation 1 (HCSB)

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Introduction

¹ The revelation of [1] Jesus Christ that God gave Him to show His slaves ⓐ what must quickly [2] take place. ⓑ He sent it and signified it [3] through His angel ⓒ to His slave John, ⓓ

² who testified to God’s word and to the testimony [4] about Jesus Christ, ⓔ in all he saw. [5]

³ The one who reads this is blessed, ⓕ and those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep [6] what is written in it are blessed, because the time is near!

⁴ John: To the seven churches in Asia. Grace and peace ⓖ to you from [7] the One who is, who was, and who is coming; ⓗ from the seven spirits [8] ⓘ before His throne;

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has set us free [9] from our sins by His blood,

⁶ and made us a kingdom, [10] priests [11] ⓙ to His God and Father — the glory and dominion are His forever and ever. Amen.

⁷ Look! He is coming with the clouds, ⓚ and every eye will see Him, including those who pierced [12] Him. And all the families of the earth [13] ⓛ [14] will mourn over Him. [15] ⓜ [16] This is certain. Amen.

⁸ “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” ⓝ says the Lord God, “the One who is, who was, and who is coming, the Almighty.”

⁹ I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of God’s word and the testimony about Jesus. [17] ⓞ

¹⁰ I was in the Spirit [18] [19] ⓟ on the Lord’s day, [20] and I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet

¹¹ saying, “Write on a scroll [21] what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

¹² I turned to see whose voice ⓠ it was that spoke to me. When I turned I saw seven gold lampstands,

¹³ and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, [22] ⓡ dressed in a long robe and with a gold sash wrapped around His chest.

¹⁴ His head and hair were white like wool — white as snow — and His eyes like a fiery flame.

¹⁵ His feet were like fine bronze as it is fired in a furnace, and His voice like the sound of cascading [23] waters. ⓢ

¹⁶ He had seven stars in His right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth, ⓣ and His face was shining like the sun at midday. [24]

¹⁷ When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. He laid His right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last, ⓤ

¹⁸ and the Living One. I was dead, but look — I am alive forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.

¹⁹ Therefore write what you have seen, what is, and what will take place after this.

²⁰ The secret of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven gold lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels [25] of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands [26] are the seven churches.

#	HCSB
1	The revelation of [1] Jesus Christ that God gave Him to show His slaves ⓐ what must quickly [2] take place. ⓑ He sent it and signified it [3] through His angel ⓒ to His slave John, ⓓ
2	who testified to God’s word and to the testimony [4] about Jesus Christ, ⓔ in all he saw. [5]
3	The one who reads this is blessed, ⓕ and those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep [6] what is written in it are blessed, because the time is near!
4	John: To the seven churches in Asia. Grace and peace ⓖ to you from [7] the One who is, who was, and who is coming; ⓗ from the seven spirits [8] ⓘ before His throne;
5	and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has set us free [9] from our sins by His blood,
6	and made us a kingdom, [10] priests [11] ⓙ to His God and Father — the glory and dominion are His forever and ever. Amen.
7	Look! He is coming with the clouds, ⓚ and every eye will see Him, including those who pierced [12] Him. And all the families of the earth [13] ⓛ [14] will mourn over Him. [15] ⓜ [16] This is certain. Amen.
8	“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” ⓝ says the Lord God, “the One who is, who was, and who is coming, the Almighty.”
9	I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of God’s word and the testimony about Jesus. [17] ⓞ
10	I was in the Spirit [18] [19] ⓟ on the Lord’s day, [20] and I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet
11	saying, “Write on a scroll [21] what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
12	I turned to see whose voice ⓠ it was that spoke to me. When I turned I saw seven gold lampstands,
13	and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, [22] ⓡ dressed in a long robe and with a gold sash wrapped around His chest.
14	His head and hair were white like wool — white as snow — and His eyes like a fiery flame.
15	His feet were like fine bronze as it is fired in a furnace, and His voice like the sound of cascading [23] waters. ⓢ
16	He had seven stars in His right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth, ⓣ and His face was shining like the sun at midday. [24]
17	When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. He laid His right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last, ⓤ
18	and the Living One. I was dead, but look — I am alive forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.
19	Therefore write what you have seen, what is, and what will take place after this.
20	The secret of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven gold lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels [25] of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands [26] are the seven churches.

Footnotes & Cross-References

^{Revelation 1:1 [1]} Jewish people scattered throughout Gentile lands who spoke Gk and were influenced by Gk culture.

^{Revelation 1:1 [1]} Or Revelation of, or A revelation of

^{Revelation 1:1 [2]} Or soon

^{Revelation 1:1 [3]} Made it known through symbols

^{Revelation 1:2 [4]} Or witness

^{Revelation 1:2 [5]} Lit as many as he saw

^{Revelation 1:3 [6]} Or follow, or obey

^{Revelation 1:4 [7]} Other mss add God

^{Revelation 1:4 [8]} Or the sevenfold Spirit

^{Revelation 1:5 [9]} Other mss read has washed us

^{Revelation 1:6 [10]} Other mss read kings and

^{Revelation 1:6 [11]} Or made us into (or to be) a kingdom of priests; Exo 19:6

^{Revelation 1:7 [12]} Or impaled

^{Revelation 1:7 [13]} Or all the tribes of the land

^{Revelation 1:7 [14]} Gen 12:3; 28:14; Zch 14:17

^{Revelation 1:7 [15]} Or will wail because of Him

^{Revelation 1:7 [16]} Dn 7:13; Zch 12:10

^{Revelation 1:8 [2]} Or A doubting, or A double-minded

^{Revelation 1:9 [17]} Lit the witness of Jesus

^{Revelation 1:10 [18]} Or in spirit; lit I became in the Spirit

^{Revelation 1:10 [19]} John was brought by God’s Spirit into a realm of spiritual vision.

^{Revelation 1:10 [20]} Sunday

^{Revelation 1:11 [21]} Or book

^{Revelation 1:12 [3]} Lit trial, used as a collective

^{Revelation 1:12 [4]} Other mss read that the Lord

^{Revelation 1:13 [22]} Or like a son of man

^{Revelation 1:13 [5]} Or evil persons, or evil things

^{Revelation 1:15 [23]} Lit many

^{Revelation 1:16 [24]} Lit like the sun shines in its power

^{Revelation 1:18 [6]} = the gospel

^{Revelation 1:20 [25]} Or messengers

^{Revelation 1:20 [26]} Other mss add that you saw

^{Revelation 1:21 [7]} Lit evil excess

^{Revelation 1:21 [8]} Lit save your souls

^{Revelation 1:23 [9]} Lit at the face of his birth

^{Revelation 1:26 [10]} Other mss add among you

^{Revelation 1:27 [11]} Or before the

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