Revelation 2:8

New American Bible - revised edition

“To the angel of the church in Smyrna, write this: “‘The first and the last, who once died but came to life, says this:

Cross References

Isaiah 44:6

Thus says the Lord, Israel’s king, its redeemer, the Lord of hosts: I am the first, I am the last; there is no God but me.

Isaiah 48:12

Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I called! I, it is I who am the first, and am I the last.

Romans 14:9

For this is why Christ died and came to life, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

Revelation 1:11

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.”

Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “the one who is and who was and who is to come, the almighty.” The First Vision.

Revelation 2:1

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write this: “‘The one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks in the midst of the seven gold lampstands says this:

Revelation 22:13

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