4John to the seven assemblies in Asia: Grace to you and peace from the one who is and who was and who is coming, and from the seven spirits before his throne.5And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and who has loosed us from our sins by his blood.6And he made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him the glory and the power to the ages of the ages. Amen.7Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, and those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Yes, amen.8I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, the one who is and who was and who is coming, the Almighty.