Revelation 1 NKJV ISV Parallel

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1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John,

1This is the revelation of Jesus the Messiah, which God gave him to show his servants the things that must happen soon. He made it known by sending his messenger to his servant John,

2who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw.

2who testified about this message from God and the testimony about Jesus the Messiah.

3Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.

3How blessed is the one who reads aloud and those who hear the words of this prophecy and obey what is written in it, for the time is near!

4John, to the seven churches which 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,

4From John to the seven churches in Asia. May grace and peace be yours from the one who is, who was, and who is coming, from the seven spirits who are in front of his throne,

5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,

5and from Jesus the Messiah, the witness, the faithful one, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

6and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

6and has made us a kingdom, priests for his God and Father, be glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

7Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.

7Look! He is coming in the clouds. Every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of him. So be it! Amen.

8“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

8"I am the Alpha and the Omega," declares the Lord God, "the one who is, who was, and who is coming, the Almighty."

9I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

9I am John, your brother and partner in the oppression, kingdom, and patience that comes because of Jesus. I was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.

10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet,

10I came to be in the Spirit on the Day of the Lord, when I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet,

11saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

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

12Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands,

12Then I turned to see who was talking to me, and when I turned I saw seven gold lamp stands.

13and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.

13Among the lamp stands there was someone like the Son of Man. He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash around his chest.

14His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire;

14His head and his hair were white like wool, in fact, as white as snow. His eyes were like flames of fire,

15His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters;

15his feet were like glowing bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of raging waters.

16He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.

16In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword. His face was like the sun when it shines with full force.

17And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.

17When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. But he placed his right hand on me and said, "Stop being afraid! I am the first and the last,

18I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

18the living one. I was dead—but look!—I am alive forever and ever! I have the keys of Death and Hades.

19Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this.

19Therefore, write down what you have seen, what is, and what is going to happen after this.

20The 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 which you saw are the seven churches.

20The secret meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lamp stands is this: the seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lamp stands are the seven churches."

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