Revelation 1:3

Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written therein: for the time is at hand.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

In Context

2who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, [even] of all things that he saw.

4John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits that are before his throne;

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.

Daniel 12:12Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

Romans 13:11And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we [first] believed.

1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:

Revelation 22:6And he said unto me, These words are faithful and true: and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angels to show unto his servants the things which must shortly come to pass.

Revelation 22:12Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 1:2-3

Revelation AN EXPOSITION, WITH PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS, OF THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE It ought to be no prejudice to the credit and authority of this book that it has been rejected by men of corrupt minds, such as Cerdon and Marcion, and doubted of by men of a better character; for this has been the lot of other parts of holy writ, and of the divine Author of the scripture himself. The image and superscription of this book are truly sacred and divine, and the matter of it agreeable with other prophetical… Read the whole commentary →

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