Revelation 1:10-20 (New International Version)
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On the Lord's Day1 I was in the Spirit,2 and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,3
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which said: "Write on a scroll what you see4 and send it to the seven churches:5 to Ephesus,6 Smyrna,7 Pergamum,8 Thyatira,9 Sardis,10 Philadelphia11 and Laodicea."12
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I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,13
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and among the lampstands14 was someone "like a son of man,"a15 dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet16 and with a golden sash around his chest.17
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His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.18
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His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,19 and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.20
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In his right hand he held seven stars,21 and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword.22 His face was like the sun23 shining in all its brilliance.
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When I saw him, I fell at his feet24 as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me25 and said: "Do not be afraid.26 I am the First and the Last.27
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I am the Living One; I was dead,28 and behold I am alive for ever and ever!29 And I hold the keys of death and Hades.30
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"Write, therefore, what you have seen,31 what is now and what will take place later.
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The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand32 and of the seven golden lampstands33 is this: The seven stars are the angelsb of the seven churches,34 and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.35
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