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Revelation 1:18

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL

I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

I'm the one who was living, then died, and look — I'm alive forever now. And I hold the keys to death and hell.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Jesus literally conquered death and holds the keys to everything that used to scare us.

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