Revelation 1:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy aloud, and blessed are those who hear and obey the things written in it, because the time is near!

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But he replied,“Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 Motivation to Godly Conduct And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.
  • Rev 22:10 : 10 Then he said to me,“Do not seal up the words of the prophecy contained in this book, because the time is near.
  • Prov 8:34 : 34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.
  • Rev 22:12 : 12 (Look! I am coming soon, and my reward is with me to pay each one according to what he has done!
  • Jas 5:8-9 : 8 You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord’s return is near. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 Service, Suffering, and Judgment For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.
  • 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day.
  • Rev 22:6-7 : 6 A Final Reminder Then the angel said to me,“These words are reliable and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must happen soon.” 7 (Look! I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy expressed in this book.)
  • Rev 22:20 : 20 The one who testifies to these things says,“Yes, I am coming soon!” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!
  • Dan 12:12-13 : 12 Blessed is the one who waits and attains to the 1,335 days. 13 But you should go your way until the end. You will rest and then at the end of the days you will arise to receive what you have been allotted.”

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  • Rev 22:6-10
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    6A Final Reminder Then the angel said to me,“These words are reliable and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must happen soon.”

    7(Look! I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy expressed in this book.)

    8I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things, and when I heard and saw them, I threw myself down to worship at the feet of the angel who was showing them to me.

    9But he said to me,“Do not do this! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who obey the words of this book. Worship God!”

    10Then he said to me,“Do not seal up the words of the prophecy contained in this book, because the time is near.

  • Rev 1:1-2
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    1¶ The Prologue The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must happen very soon. He made it clear by sending his angel to his servant John,

    2who then testified to everything that he saw concerning the word of God and the testimony about Jesus Christ.

  • Rev 1:4-5
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    4From John, to the seven churches that are in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from“he who is,” and who was, and who is still to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,

    5and from Jesus Christ– the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood

  • Rev 1:16-20
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    16He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His face shone like the sun shining at full strength.

    17When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said:“Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,

    18and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive– forever and ever– and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!

    19Therefore write what you saw, what is, and what will be after these things.

    20The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

  • Rev 3:13
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    13The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

  • Rev 3:6-7
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    6The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

    7To the Church in Philadelphia“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors no one can shut, and shuts doors no one can open:

  • Rev 3:22
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    22The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

  • Rev 1:7-11
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    7(Look! He is returning with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes on the earth will mourn because of him. This will certainly come to pass! Amen.)

    8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God– the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come– the All-Powerful!

    9I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.

    10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day when I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

    11saying:“Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches– to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

  • Rev 22:18-20
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    18I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy contained in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.

    19And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book.

    20The one who testifies to these things says,“Yes, I am coming soon!” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!

  • Rev 2:29
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    29The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

  • Rev 19:9
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    9Then the angel said to me,“Write the following: Blessed are those who are invited to the banquet at the wedding celebration of the Lamb!” He also said to me,“These are the true words of God.”

  • Rev 13:9
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    9If anyone has an ear, he had better listen!

  • Rev 22:14
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    14Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates.

  • Rev 16:15
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    15(Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.)

  • Luke 11:28
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    28But he replied,“Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

  • Rev 5:1-2
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    1The Opening of the Scroll Then I saw in the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne a scroll written on the front and back and sealed with seven seals.

    2And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice:“Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?”

  • Rev 3:10-11
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    10Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

    11I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have so that no one can take away your crown.

  • Rev 14:12-13
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    12This requires the steadfast endurance of the saints– those who obey God’s commandments and hold to their faith in Jesus.

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  • Rev 4:1
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    1The Amazing Scene in Heaven After these things I looked, and there was a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said:“Come up here so that I can show you what must happen after these things.”

  • Dan 12:12
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    12Blessed is the one who waits and attains to the 1,335 days.

  • Eph 1:3
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    3Spiritual Blessings in Christ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

  • Rev 2:1
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    1To the Church in Ephesus“To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has a firm grasp on the seven stars in his right hand– the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands:

  • Rev 10:2
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    2He held in his hand a little scroll that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land.

  • Matt 13:16
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    16“But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.

  • Rev 3:20
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    20Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me.

  • Rev 3:3
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    3Therefore, remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come against you.

  • Rev 19:1
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  • Rev 20:6
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    8Then the voice I had heard from heaven began to speak to me again,“Go and take the open scroll in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”

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