Revelation 1:9

I, John, who am your brother, and who share with you in the suffering and kingship and endurance of Jesus, found myself on the island called Patmos, for the sake of the message of God and the testimony to Jesus.

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In The King James Version

I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

In Context

8‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord, the God who is, and who was, and who will be, the Almighty.

10I fell into a trance on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like the blast of a trumpet.

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Cross References

Mark 10:39“Yes,” they answered, “we can.” “You will indeed drink the cup that I am to drink,” Jesus said, “and receive the baptism that I am to receive,

Acts 14:22reassuring the minds of the disciples, urging them to remain true to the faith, and showing that it is only through many troubles that we can enter the kingdom of God.

Romans 5:3And not only that, but let us also exult in our troubles;

Romans 8:25But when we hope for what is not before our eyes, then we wait for it with patience.

Philippians 1:7And, indeed, I am justified in feeling like this about you all; because you have a warm place in my heart – you who all, both in my imprisonment and in the work of defending and establishing the good news, shared my privilege with me.

2 Thessalonians 1:4So much is this the case that we ourselves speak with pride, before the churches of God, of the patience and faith which you have shown, in spite of all the persecutions and troubles that you are enduring.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 1:4-9

Apostolic Benediction. ( a. d. 95.) 3 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. 4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him… Read the whole commentary →

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