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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Revelation 1 NKJV KJV Parallel</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newp.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/revelation/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../../topmenuchap/revelation/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/revelation/">Revelation</a> > Revelation 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jude/1.shtml" title="Jude 1">◄</a> Revelation 1 <a href="../revelation/2.shtml" title="Revelation 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">NKJV Parallel KJV <a href="../../bsb/revelation/1.shtml">[BSB</a> <a href="../../csb/revelation/1.shtml">CSB</a> <a href="../../esv/revelation/1.shtml">ESV</a> <a href="../../hcs/revelation/1.shtml">HCS</a> <a href="../../kjv/revelation/1.shtml">KJV</a> <a href="../../isv/revelation/1.shtml">ISV</a> <a href="../../nas/revelation/1.shtml">NAS</a> <a href="../../net/revelation/1.shtml">NET</a> <a href="../../niv/revelation/1.shtml">NIV</a> <a href="../../nlt/revelation/1.shtml">NLT</a> <a href="../../heb/revelation/1.shtml">GRK]</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="50%">New King James Version</td><td class="version" width="50%">King James Bible</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified <i>it</i> by His angel to His servant John,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified <i>it</i> by his angel unto his servant John:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Blessed <i>is</i> he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time <i>is</i> near.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Blessed <i>is</i> he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time <i>is</i> at hand.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">John, to the seven churches which 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,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace <i>be</i> unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And from Jesus Christ, <i>who is</i> the faithful witness, <i>and</i> the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him <i>be</i> glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him <i>be</i> glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they <i>also</i> which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“I am the Alpha and the Omega, <i>the</i> Beginning and <i>the</i> End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send <i>it</i> to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send <i>it</i> unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">and in the midst of the seven lampstands <i>One</i> like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And in the midst of the seven candlesticks <i>one</i> like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">His head and hair <i>were</i> white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire;<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">His head and <i>his</i> hairs <i>were</i> white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes <i>were</i> as a flame of fire;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">His feet <i>were</i> like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters;<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance <i>was</i> like the sun shining in its strength.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance <i>was</i> as the sun shineth in his strength.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I <i>am</i> He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2"><i>I am</i> he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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