Revelation 2:8

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna, write, "THESE things saith the first and last, who was dead, and is alive."

Revelation 1:17-18

as soon as I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead: but he laid his right hand upon me, and said, "Fear not; I am the first and the last:

Revelation 1:11

saying, "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, what you shall 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."

Revelation 1:8

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who will be, the almighty.

Revelation 2:1

To the angel of the church of Ephesus, write, "HE that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, says thus,

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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 of Ephesus, write, "HE that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, says thus,

The first

Revelation 1:8
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who will be, the almighty.

General references

1 Corinthians 3:14
if the work abide which somebody has built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.