4 John to the seven congregations+ that are in the province of Asia:
May you have undeserved kindness and peace from “the One who is and who was and who is coming,”+ and from the seven spirits+ that are before his throne, 5 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 who set us free from our sins by means of his own blood+—