Greeting to the Seven Churches

4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from him ^gwho is and who was and who is to come, and from ^hthe seven spirits who are before his throne,

Vision of the Son of Man

9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, ^uI fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me,