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

And to the agent of the congregation in Smyrna write, These things says the first and the last, who became dead, and lived:

I know thy works, and thy love and faith and service and perseverance. And thy last works are more than the first.

And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven agents having seven plagues, the last, because in them the wrath of God is ended.

And there came one of the seven agents who had the seven bowls containing the seven last plagues, and he spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show thee the woman, the bride of the Lamb.

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