Revelation 2:8; Revelation 22:13; Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 48:12

To the Church in Smyrna

8 “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of tthe first and the last, uwho died and came to life.

13 yI am the Alpha and the Omega, zthe first and the last, athe beginning and the end.”

4  tWho has performed and done this,

calling the generations from the beginning?

uI, the Lord, the first,

and with the last; I am he.

Besides Me There Is No God

6  Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel

and ihis Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:

j“I am the first and I am the last;

besides me there is no god.

The Lord’s Call to Israel

12  “Listen to me, O Jacob,

and Israel, whom I called!

I am he; rI am the first,

and I am the last.