Rev. 1:1 ¶ The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place; he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
Rev. 1:2 who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
Rev. 1:3 ¶ Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it; for the time is near.
Rev. 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,
Rev. 1:5 and 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 freed us from our sins by his blood,
Rev. 1:6 and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.