This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer, the Lord of Armies, says: I am the first and I am the last. There is no God but me.
Revelation 2:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Write to the angel of the church in Smyrna: Thus says the First and the Last, the one who was dead and came to life: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, Who died and came to life again: [Isa. 44:6.] American Standard Version (1901) And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived again: Common English Bible “Write this to the angel of the church in Smyrna: These are the words of the one who is the first and the last, who died and came back to life: Catholic Public Domain Version And to the Angel of the Church of Smyrna write: Thus says the First and the Last, he who was dead and now lives: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And to the angel of the church of Smyrna write: These things saith the First and the Last, who was dead, and is alive: |
This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer, the Lord of Armies, says: I am the first and I am the last. There is no God but me.
‘Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, the one called by me: I am he; I am the first, I am also the last.
Christ died and returned to life for this: that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.
saying, ‘Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.’
‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘the one who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.’
‘Write to the angel of the church in Ephesus: Thus says the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven golden lampstands:
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.