and hath made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having determined the seasons before-appointed them, and the bounds of their habitation;

I the lord

saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last; and, What thou seest write in a book, and send it to the seven churches in Asia, to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, These things saith the First and the Last, who was dead and is alive;

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

With the

"Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel," which is God with us.)

and of the holy Ghost, and teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Amen.

General references

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, to day, and for ever:

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.