English Bible Presentation Sharing - Revelation Book, chapter All, verse All in Ncv Version

Revelation 1 : 1 (NCV)

This is the revelationn 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,

Revelation 1 : 2 (NCV)

who has told everything he has seen. It is the word of God; it is the message from Jesus Christ.

Revelation 1 : 3 (NCV)

Happy is the one who reads the words of God's message, and happy are the people who hear this message and do what is written in it. The time is near when all of this will happen.

Revelation 1 : 4 (NCV)

From John To the Church in the country of Asia. Grace and peace to you from the One who is and was and is coming, and from the seven spirits before his throne,

Revelation 1 : 5 (NCV)

and from Jesus Christ. Jesus is the faithful witness, the first among those raised from the dead. He is the ruler of the kings of the earth. He is the One who loves us, who made us free from our sins with the blood of his death.

Revelation 1 : 6 (NCV)

He made us to be a kingdom of priests who serve God his Father. To Jesus Christ be glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

Revelation 1 : 7 (NCV)

Look, Jesus is coming with the clouds, and everyone will see him, even those who stabbed him. And all peoples of the earth will cry loudly because of him. Yes, this will happen! Amen.

Revelation 1 : 8 (NCV)

The Lord God says, "I am the Alpha and the Omega. I am the One who is and was and is coming. I am the Almighty."

Revelation 1 : 9 (NCV)

I, John, am your brother. All of us share with Christ in suffering, in the kingdom, and in patience to continue. I was on the island of Patmos, because I had preached the word of God and the message about Jesus.

Revelation 1 : 10 (NCV)

On the Lord's day I was in the Spirit, and I heard a loud voice behind me that sounded like a trumpet.

Revelation 1 : 11 (NCV)

The voice said, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

Revelation 1 : 12 (NCV)

I turned to see who was talking to me. When I turned, I saw seven golden lampstands

Revelation 1 : 13 (NCV)

and someone among the lampstands who was "like a Son of Man." He was dressed in a long robe and had a gold band around his chest.

Revelation 1 : 14 (NCV)

His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like flames of fire.

Revelation 1 : 15 (NCV)

His feet were like bronze that glows hot in a furnace, and his voice was like the noise of flooding water.

Revelation 1 : 16 (NCV)

He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword came out of his mouth. He looked like the sun shining at its brightest time.

Revelation 1 : 17 (NCV)

When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. He put his right hand on me and said, "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.

Revelation 1 : 18 (NCV)

I am the One who lives; I was dead, but look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys to death and to the place of the dead.

Revelation 1 : 19 (NCV)

So write the things you see, what is now and what will happen later.

Revelation 1 : 20 (NCV)

Here is the secret of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands: The seven lampstands are the seven churches, and the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches.