saying, "That which you see, write in a book and send to the seven churches: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as [if] dead. But He put His right hand on me, saying, "Do not fear; I am the First and the Last.

"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, 'These things says the First and the Last, who became dead, and came to life:

And He said to me, " I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give from the spring of the water of life freely to him that is thirsty.

I [am] the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."

Who has performed and done these things? He has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, the first and to [all] futurity, I AM.

Be My witnesses, and I [too am] a witness, says the Lord God, and My servant whom I have chosen; that you may know, and believe, and understand that I am [He]; before Me there was no other God, and after Me there shall be none.

Thus says God the King of Israel, and the God of hosts that delivered him; I am the First and I am the Last; beside Me there is no God.

Hear Me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call; I am the first, and I endure forever.

John, to the seven churches [which are] in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is, and who was, and who is coming, and from the seven-fold Spirit who is before His throne,

And the four living beings, each one having six wings apiece, were full of eyes around and within. And they never rest day or night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy, Holy, holy, holy, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, He [w]ho was, and who is, and who is to come!"

saying: "We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, The One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.

For they are spirits of demons performing signs, which go forth to the kings of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

And out of His mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, so that with it He might strike the nations. And He will shepherd them with an iron rod. And He treads the winepress of the wine of the wrath of Almighty God.

But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty is its temple, also the Lamb.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am your God, be well-pleasing before Me, and be blameless.

And may my God bless you, and increase you, and multiply you, and you shall become an assembly of nations.

And God said to him, I am your God; be fruitful and multiply; for nations and gatherings of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come out of your loins.

And may God give you favor in the sight of the man, and send away your other brother, and Benjamin, for I accordingly, as I have been bereaved, am bereaved.

And Jacob said to Joseph, My God appeared to me in Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

and my God helped you, and He blessed you with the blessing of heaven from above, and the blessing of the earth possessing all things, because of the blessing of the breasts and of the womb,

And I appeared to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, being their God, but I did not manifest My name LORD to them.

he who hears the oracle of the Mighty One, who saw a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened:

For a Child is born to us, and a Son is given to us, whose government is upon His shoulder; and His name is called the Messenger of great counsel; for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to Him.

"I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the LORD Almighty."