Revelation 22:13

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Revelation 22:13 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 41:4Who 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.”
  2. Isaiah 44:6Thus 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.
  3. Isaiah 48:12Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
  4. John 13:32If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.
  5. Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
  6. Revelation 1:11saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
  7. Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
  8. Revelation 21:6And 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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