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Berean Standard Bible

“and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,”

Revelation 1:5

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Revelation opens as a letter from John to seven churches in Asia Minor, written to Christians under pressure from a hostile empire. After the greeting of grace and peace from God, from the sevenfold Spirit and from Jesus, John describes Christ with three titles.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,

World English Bible (WEB)

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;

King James Version (KJV)

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 that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

American Standard Version (ASV)

and from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born out of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who did love us, and did bathe us from our sins in his blood,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y de Jesucristo, el testigo fiel, el primogénito de los muertos, y príncipe de los reyes de la tierra. Al que nos amó, y nos ha lavado de nuestros pecados con su sangre,

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

y de parte de Jesucristo, el testigo fiel, que fue el primero en levantarse de entre los muertos y que tiene autoridad sobre todos los reyes de la tierra. Al que nos ama y derramó su sangre para libertarnos de nuestros pecados,

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