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John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,
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and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and freed 1 us from our sins by his blood,
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and made 2 us to be a kingdom, priests serving 3 his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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Look! He is coming with the clouds;
every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him;
and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail.
So it is to be. Amen.
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"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.