1. This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show his servants what must soon happen. And Jesus sent his angel to show it to his servant John,
2. who has told everything he has seen. It is the word of God; it is the message from Jesus Christ.
3. Blessed is the one who reads the words of God’s message, and blessed are the people who hear this message and do what is written in it. The time is near when all of this will happen.
4. From John.To the seven churches in Asia:Grace and peace to you from the One who is and was and is coming, and from the seven spirits before his throne,