| New Living Translation | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1This is a revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants the events that must soon take place. He sent an angel to present this revelation to his servant John, | 1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, |
| 2who faithfully reported everything he saw. This is his report of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. | 2who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. |
| 3God 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’s Greeting to the Seven Churches | 3Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near. |
| 4This letter is from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia. Grace and peace to you from the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come; from the sevenfold Spirit before his throne; | 4John to the seven churches that 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 who are before His throne, |
| 5and 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. | 5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood-- |
| 6He has made us a Kingdom of priests for God his Father. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen. | 6and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father-- to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. |
| 7Look! 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! | 7BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen. |
| 8“I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.” Vision of the Son of Man | 8"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." |
| 9I, 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. | 9I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. |
| 10It was the Lord’s Day, and I was worshiping in the Spirit. Suddenly, I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet blast. | 10I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet, |
| 11It said, “Write in a book everything you see, and send it to the seven churches in the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.” | 11saying, "Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea." |
| 12When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold lampstands. | 12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands; |
| 13And standing in the middle of the lampstands was someone like the Son of Man. He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash across his chest. | 13and in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash. |
| 14His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow. And his eyes were like flames of fire. | 14His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire. |
| 15His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice thundered like mighty ocean waves. | 15His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters. |
| 16He 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. | 16In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength. |
| 17When 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. | 17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, |
| 18 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. | 18and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. |
| 19 “Write down what you have seen—both the things that are now happening and the things that will happen. | 19"Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things. |
| 20 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 angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. | 20"As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. |
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