5 May kindness and peacebe yoursfrom Jesus Christ,the faithful witness.Jesus was the firstto conquer death,and he is the rulerof all earthly kings.Christ loves us,and by his bloodhe set us freefrom our sins.
6 He lets us rule as kingsand serve God his Fatheras priests.To him be glory and powerfor ever and ever! Amen.
7 Look! He is comingwith the clouds.Everyone will see him,even the ones who stucka sword through him.All people on earthwill weep because of him.Yes, it will happen! Amen.
8 The Lord God says, “I am Alpha and Omega, the one who is and was and is coming. I am God All-Powerful!”
9 I am John, a follower together with all of you. We suffer because Jesus is our king, but he gives us the strength to endure. I was sent to Patmos Island, because I had preached God's message and had told about Jesus.
10 On the Lord's day the Spirit took control of me, and behind me I heard a loud voice that sounded like a trumpet.
11 The voice said, “Write in a book what you see. Then send it to the seven churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”