Revelation 2:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

Isaiah 44:6

I am the LORD All-Powerful, the first and the last, the one and only God. Israel, I have rescued you! I am your King.

Isaiah 48:12

Israel, my chosen people, listen to me. I alone am the LORD, the first and the last.

Romans 14:9

This is because Christ died and rose to life, so that he would be the Lord of the dead and of the living.

Revelation 1:11

The voice said, “Write in a book what you see. Then send it to the seven churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

Revelation 1:8

The Lord God says, “I am Alpha and Omega, the one who is and was and is coming. I am God All-Powerful!”

Revelation 2:1

This is what you must write to the angel of the church in Ephesus: I am the one who holds the seven stars in my right hand, and I walk among the seven gold lampstands. Listen to what I say.

Revelation 22:13

I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.