Revelation 1:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God– the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come– the All-Powerful!

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 44:6 : 6 The Absurdity of Idolatry This is what the LORD, Israel’s king, says, their protector, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:“I am the first and I am the last, there is no God but me.
  • Rev 21:6 : 6 He also said to me,“It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water free of charge from the spring of the water of life.
  • Isa 43:10 : 10 You are my witnesses,” says the LORD,“my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe in me, and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and none will outlive me.
  • Rev 22:13 : 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end!)
  • Isa 48:12 : 12 Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I summoned! I am the one; I am present at the very beginning and at the very end.
  • Isa 41:4 : 4 Who acts and carries out decrees? Who summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, am present at the very beginning, and at the very end– I am the one.
  • Rev 1:4 : 4 From John, to the seven churches that are in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from“he who is,” and who was, and who is still to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said:“Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,
  • Rev 4:8 : 8 Each one of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes all around and inside. They never rest day or night, saying:“Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, Who was and who is, and who is still to come!”
  • Rev 11:17 : 17 with these words:“We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign.
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Amazing Adviser, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Rev 2:8 : 8 To the Church in Smyrna“To the angel of the church in Smyrna write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who is the first and the last, the one who was dead, but came to life:
  • Rev 16:14 : 14 For they are the spirits of the demons performing signs who go out to the kings of the earth to bring them together for the battle that will take place on the great day of God, the All-Powerful.
  • Rev 19:15 : 15 From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he stomps the winepress of the furious wrath of God, the All-Powerful.
  • Rev 21:22 : 22 Now I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God– the All-Powerful– and the Lamb are its temple.
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the All-Powerful Lord.
  • Gen 49:25 : 25 because of the God of your father, who will help you, because of the Sovereign God, who will bless you with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.
  • Exod 6:3 : 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name‘the LORD’ I was not known to them.

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    13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end!)

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    9I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.

    10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day when I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

    11saying:“Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches– to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

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    6and has appointed us as a kingdom, as priests serving his God and Father– to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! Amen.

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    4Who acts and carries out decrees? Who summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, am present at the very beginning, and at the very end– I am the one.

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