Revelation 1:4-5

Greeting to the Seven Churches

⁴ John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from _i him _j who is and _k who was and who is to come, and from _l the seven spirits who are before his throne,

⁵ and from Jesus Christ _m the faithful witness, _n the firstborn of the dead, and _o the ruler of kings on earth. To _p him who loves us and _q has freed us from our sins by his blood

1. Cross References
   Revelation 1:8
   "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
   Revelation 4:8
   And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!
   Hebrews 13:8
   Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
   
2. Cross References
   Exodus 3:14
   God said to Moses, " I am who I am." And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel, ' I am has sent me to you.'
   
3. Cross References
   John 1:1
   In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
   
4. Cross References
   Revelation 3:1
   And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: 'The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. "'I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
   Revelation 4:5
   From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God.
   Revelation 5:6
   And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
   
5. Cross References
   Revelation 3:14
   And to the angel of the church in Laodicea writ...
   John 18:37
   Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" J...
   1 Timothy 6:13
   I charge you in the presence of God, who gives ...
   Revelation 2:13
   'I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne i...
   Psalms 89:37
   Like the moon it shall be established forever, ...
   Isaiah 55:4
   Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a ...
   
6. Cross References
   Colossians 1:18
   And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
   Psalms 89:27
   And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
   Acts 26:23
   That the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.
   1 Corinthians 15:20
   But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
   
7. Cross References
   Revelation 17:14
   They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.
   Revelation 19:16
   On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.
   Psalms 89:27
   And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
   
8. Cross References
   John 13:34
   A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
   John 15:9
   As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
   
9. Cross References
   1 Peter 1:18 - 19
   Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold.