Good News Translation"To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: "This is the message from the one who is the first and the last, who died and lived again.
New Revised Standard Version
“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the first and the last, who was dead and came to life:
Contemporary English Version
This is what you must write to the angel of the church in Smyrna: I am the first and the last. I died, but now I am alive! Listen to what I say.
New American Bible
“To the angel of the church in Smyrna, write this: “ ‘The first and the last, who once died but came to life, says this:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And to the angel of the church of Smyrna write: These things saith the First and the Last, who was dead and is alive:
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And to the angel of the church of Smyrna write: These things saith the First and the Last, who was dead and is alive:
the angel.
Revelation 2:1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write: These things saith he who holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks:
the first.
Revelation 1:8,11,17,18 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. . . .
