Rv 1
Finish the verse:
which said: “Write on a scroll.....
which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”
[12] I turned around .....
[12] I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,
[13] and among the lampstands was someone ....
[13] and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest.
[14] The hair ......
[14] The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.
[15] ........... voice was like the sound of rushing waters.
[15] His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.
[16] ........His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.
[16] In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.
[17] When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead......
[17] When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.
[18] I am the Living One; .....
[18] I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.
[19] “Write, therefore, .....
[19] “Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.
[20] The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this:.....
[20] The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.