“I am the Alpha and the Omega—
the beginning and the end,”
says the Lord God.
“I am the one who is,
who always was,
and who is still to come—
the Almighty One.”

…Grace and peace to you
from the one who is,
who always was,
and who is still to come;
from the sevenfold Spirit before his throne;
and from Jesus Christ.
He is the faithful witness to these things,
the first to rise from the dead,
and the ruler of all the kings of the world.
All glory to him who loves us
and has freed us from our sins
by shedding his blood for us.
…many deceivers have gone out into the world.
They deny that Jesus Christ came in a real body.
Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist.
Anyone who wanders away from this teaching
has no relationship with God.
But anyone who remains in the teaching of Christ
has a relationship
with both the Father and the Son.
Do not love this world nor the things it offers you,
for when you love the world,
you do not have the love of the Father in you.
For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure,
a craving for everything we see,
and pride in our achievements and possessions.
These are not from the Father,
but are from this world.
And this world is fading away…