Revelation 2:8

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived again :

Revelation 1:17-18

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,

Revelation 1:11

saying, What thou seest, write in a book and send it to the seven churches: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

Revelation 1:8

I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

Revelation 2:1

To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks:

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And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

The angel

The first

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Bible References

The angel

Revelation 2:1
To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks:

The first

Revelation 1:8
I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

General references

1 Corinthians 3:14
If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward.

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