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Revelation 1:8

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6 who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

7 Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.

9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.

10 On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

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BSB
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
KJV
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
WEB
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, ” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
ASV
I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
DARBY
I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith [the] Lord God, he who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
BLB
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, the One who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty.
ÅB
Jeg er Alfa og Omega, sier Gud Herren, han som er og som var og som kommer, den Allmektige.
OTB
"Jeg er Alfa og Omega," sier Herren Gud, "han som er, som var, og som kommer, den Allmektige."
B1930
Jeg er Alfa og Omega, sier Gud Herren, han som er og som var og som kommer, den Allmektige.

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  • Isaiah 44:6

    Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.

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  • Revelation 22:13

    I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

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  • Isaiah 43:10

    “You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.

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  • Isaiah 48:12

    Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.

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  • Revelation 21:6

    And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.

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  • Isaiah 41:4

    Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”

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  • Revelation 1:4

    John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne,

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  • Revelation 11:17

    saying: “We give thanks to You, O Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.

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