Thematic Bible
Revelation 1:1 (show verse)
The revelation of Jesus Christ that God gave Him to show His slaves what must quickly take place. He sent it and signified it through His angel to His slave John,
Revelation 1:2 (show verse)
who testified to God’s word and to the testimony about Jesus Christ, in all he saw.
Revelation 1:3 (show verse)
The one who reads this is blessed, and those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep what is written in it are blessed, because the time is near!
Revelation 1:4 (show verse)
John:
To the seven churches in Asia.
Grace and peace to you from the One who is, who was, and who is coming; from the seven spirits before His throne;
To the seven churches in Asia.
Grace and peace
Revelation 1:5 (show verse)
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To Him who loves us and has set us free from our sins by His blood,
To Him who loves us and has set us free
Revelation 1:6 (show verse)
and made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—the glory and dominion are His forever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 1:7 (show verse)
and every eye will see Him,
including those who pierced
And all the families of the earth
will mourn over Him.
This is certain. Amen.
Revelation 1:8 (show verse)
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “the One who is, who was, and who is coming, the Almighty.”
Revelation 1:9 (show verse)
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of God’s word and the testimony about Jesus.
Revelation 1:10 (show verse)
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet
Revelation 1:11 (show verse)
saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
Revelation 1:12 (show verse)
I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me. When I turned I saw seven gold lampstands,
Revelation 1:13 (show verse)
and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe and with a gold sash wrapped around His chest.
Revelation 1:14 (show verse)
His head and hair were white like wool—white as snow—and His eyes like a fiery flame.
Revelation 1:15 (show verse)
His feet were like fine bronze as it is fired in a furnace, and His voice like the sound of cascading waters.
Revelation 1:16 (show verse)
He had seven stars in His right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth, and His face was shining like the sun at midday.
Revelation 1:17 (show verse)
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. He laid His right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last,