rsv Revelation:1:1-8
rsv@Revelation:1:1 @ The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants what must soon take place; and he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
rsv@Revelation:1:2 @ who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
rsv@Revelation:1:3 @ Blessed is he who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written therein; for the time is near.
rsv@Revelation:1:4 @ John 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,
rsv@Revelation:1:5 @ and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
rsv@Revelation:1:6 @ and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
rsv@Revelation:1:7 @ Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, every one who pierced him; and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
rsv@Revelation:1:8 @ "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.