John, to the seven churches in Asia: grace and peace to you from him who is and who was and who is coming, and from the seven Spirits before his throne,
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2who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, everything he saw. 3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and keep what is written in it, for the time is near. 4John, to the seven churches in Asia: grace and peace to you from him who is and who was and who is coming, and from the seven Spirits before his throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father — to him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
