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 is alive;

Revelation 1:17-18

And when I saw Him, I fell at his feet as dead; and He laid his right hand upon me, and said to me, "Fear not,

Revelation 1:11

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.

Revelation 1:8

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

Revelation 2:1

To the angel of the church at Ephesus write, These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who 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 at Ephesus write, These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

The first

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

General references

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