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title: Revelation 21:6
url: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/revelation-21-6/
markdown: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/revelation-21-6.md
type: verse
perspective: Protestant (historic Nicene) response to Jehovah's Witness teaching
reference: Revelation 21:6
testament: NT
section: Prophecy
index: https://jw-apologetics.app/llms.txt
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# Revelation 21:6

## Text (Berean Standard Bible)

> And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.

## NWT Wording of the Key Phrase

- NWT (2013 revision): "And he said to me: "They have come to pass! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To anyone thirsting I will give from the spring of the water of life free.""

## JW Usage

Understood as Jehovah speaking from the throne, since the Watchtower identifies the one seated there as the Father. The Alpha and Omega title is therefore read as belonging to Jehovah alone, and its appearance elsewhere in Revelation is handled case by case.

## Protestant Usage

Take this verse as the anchor rather than Revelation 1:11, where the title appears only in later manuscripts. Here it is on solid textual ground, and it is in their Bible. The title itself is drawn from Isaiah: "I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no God" (44:6), and Isaiah 48:12. It is an exclusive divine self-designation. Now follow it through Revelation. At 1:17 the speaker says "I am the First and the Last" — and identifies himself two lines later as the one who became dead and is living for ever, which can only be Jesus. At 22:13 the full title returns: I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. And at 22:12 and 22:16 the speaker says he is coming quickly with his reward, and names himself as the root and offspring of David. So the same exclusive title is used of the one on the throne here and of the risen Christ there. Ask a Witness to read Revelation 1:17, 21:6 and 22:12-16 in order and say who is speaking in each. Compare Revelation 1:11, Revelation 1:13, Isaiah 45:21.

## Arguments Using This Verse

- [A First-Century Parallel to JW Christology](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/colossian-heresy-jw-parallel.md) — Colossians 1:15-20 — Paul Addressed a Christology Structurally Like the Watchtower's [Deity of Christ]