^8 (A) The Lord God says, “I am Alpha and Omega,^[a] the one who is and was and is coming. I am God All-Powerful!”

^17 (A) When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead person. But he put his right hand on me and said:

Don't be afraid! I am the first, the last,

The Letter to Smyrna

^8 (A) This is what you must write to the angel of the church in Smyrna:

I am the first and the last. I died, but now I am alive! Listen to what I say.