The REVELATION of ST. JOHN the Divine CHAPTER I.

[4 John's salutation to the seven churches. 7 The coming of Christ; 14 his 
glorious power and majesty.]

THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave
unto him, to shew unto his servants things 
which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and 
signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the 
testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear 
the words of this prophecy, and keep those things 
which are written therein: for the time is at hand. 
4 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;
5 And from Jesus Christ, who is 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. 
6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God
and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for 
ever and ever. Amen.
7 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.
8 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.
9 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. 
10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and 
heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
11 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 Pergamon, 
and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto 
Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
12 And I turned to see the voice that spake
with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden 
candlesticks; 
13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks
one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment
down to the foot, and girt about the paps with 
a golden girdle. 
14 His head and his hairs were white like wool,
as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of 
fire;
15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they 
burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of 
many waters.
16 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.
17 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:
18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold,
I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the 
keys of hell and of death.
19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and 
the things which are, and the things which shall be
hereafter;
20 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 the seven 
churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou 
sawest are the seven churches.