Revelation 1:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³ Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who reads aloud [in the assemblies] the word of this prophecy; and blessed (happy, to be envied) are those who hear [it read] and who keep themselves true to the things which are written in it [heeding them and laying them to heart], for the time [for them to be fulfilled] is near.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written therein: for the time is at hand.

Common English Bible

³ Favored is the one who reads the words of this prophecy out loud, and favored are those who listen to it being read, and keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Blessed is he who reads or hears the words of this Prophecy, and who keeps the things that have been written in it. For the time is near.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Blessed is he, that readeth and heareth the words of this prophecy; and keepeth those things which are written in it; for the time is at hand.

Revelation 1:3 Cross References

Proverbs 8:34

Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.

Jeremiah 51:61

And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words,

Matthew 24:15

When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand),

Luke 11:28

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Romans 13:11

And this, knowing the season, that now it is high time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed.

Romans 13:12

The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

1 Peter 4:7

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:

2 Peter 3:8

But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Revelation 22:10

And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.

Revelation 22:12

Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.

Revelation 22:20

He which testifieth these things saith, Yea: I come quickly. Amen: come, Lord Jesus.

Revelation 3:11

I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.