3 Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and [2]keep the things which are written in it; for the time is near.

4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is, and who was, and who [3]is to come, and from the [4]seven spirits who are before His throne,

5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—