^3 (A)Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep the things which are written in it, ^(B)for the time is near.

Message to the Seven Churches

^4 (C)John to ^(D)the seven churches that are in ^(E)Asia: ^(F)Grace to you and peace, from ^(G)the One who is and who was and who ^[a]is to come, and from ^(H)the seven Spirits who are before His throne, ⁵ and from Jesus Christ, ^(I)the faithful witness, the ^(J)firstborn of the dead, and the ^(K)ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who ^(L)loves us and released us from our sins ^[b]by His blood—