Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” ¹  says the Lord God – the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come – the All-Powerful! ² 

Ge 17:1; Ge 28:3; Ge 35:11; Ge 43:14; Ge 48:3; Ge 49:25; Ex 6:3; Nu 24:4; Isa 9:6; Isa 41:4; Isa 43:10; Isa 44:6; Isa 48:12; 2Co 6:18; Re 1:4; Re 1:11,17; Re 2:8; Re 4:8; Re 11:17; Re 16:14; Re 19:15; Re 21:6; Re 21:22; Re 22:13

¹ tc The shorter reading “Omega” (ὦ, w) has superior ms evidence ({א¹ A C 1611}) to the longer reading which includes “the beginning and the end” (ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος or ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος, arch kai telo" or Jh arch kai to telo"), found in א*^,2 1854 2050 2329 2351 Ï^A lat bo. There is little reason why a scribe would have deleted the words, but their clarifying value and the fact that they harmonize with 21:6 indicate that they are a secondary addition to the text.

² tn On this word BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…(ὁ) κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ π. …Rv 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7; 21:22.”