Revelation 1:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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,

Who is

And the first

Acts 26:23

1 Corinthians 15:20

Colossians 1:18

And the prince

Him

1 John 4:10

General references

Hebrews 8:12

Jude 1:2

Bible References

Who is

And to the angel of the church in Laodicea, write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

Verily, verily, I say to you, we speak that which we know, and testify to that which we have seen; and you receive not our testimony.

Jesus answered and said to them: Though I testify concerning myself, my testimony is worthy of credit; for I know whence I came, and whither I go. But you know not whence I came, and whither I go.

Then Pilate said to him: You are a king, then? Jesus answered; You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I born, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might testify to the truth. Every one that is of the truth, hears my voice.

I charge you, in the sight of God, who makes all things alive, and before Christ Jesus, who, before Pontius Pilate, confessed a good confession,

For there are three that testify, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood;

And the first

that Christ should suffer, and that he first, by his resurrection from the dead, should show light to the people, and to the Gentiles.

But now, Christ has risen from the dead, the first-fruits of those who slept.

and he is the head of the body, the church: and he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in all things he might be preeminent;

And the prince

And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying: The kingdom of the world has become our Lord's and his Christ s, and he shall reign from age to age.

These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.

And he has, on his raiment and on his thigh, a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying: All authority in heaven and on earth is given to me.

which he made active in the Christ when he raised him from the dead, and caused him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

which, in his own times, he will show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

Him

Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come that he must go out of this world to his Father; and having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them to the end.

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.

Yet, in all these things, we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us.

I have been crucified with Christ, yet I live; no longer I, but Christ lives in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved us,

and walk in love, as the Christ also loved us, and gave him self for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet odor.

In this is love; not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins.

General references

because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more.

mercy be to you, and peace and love be multiplied.