John: To the seven churches in Asia. Grace and peace(A) to you from[a] the one who is, who was, and who is to come,(B) and from the seven spirits[b](C) before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness,(D) the firstborn from the dead(E) and the ruler of the kings of the earth.(F)

To him who loves us and has set us free[c] from our sins by his blood,(G) and made us a kingdom,[d] priests[e](H) to his God and Father—to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:4 Other mss add God
  2. 1:4 Or the sevenfold Spirit
  3. 1:5 Other mss read has washed us
  4. 1:6 Other mss read kings and
  5. 1:6 Or made us into (or to be) a kingdom of priests; Ex 19:6

John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

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