Revelation 1:9 Revelation 1:9 "I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ." "I John" a servant of Jesus Christ, and apostle of Christ Matthew 10:2 and an elder. 1 Peter 5:1-2; John 1:1 "Who also am your Brother" in the faith and fellowship of the gospel, called the Brotherhood. 1 Peter 2:17 Why should not John, as well as Jesus, Christ’ s ministers as well as their Lord, call the saints brethren? Hebrews 2:11-12 He was not ashamed to call them brethren, "And Companion in Tribulation" fellow citizens with the saints are fellow sufferers with the saints Ephesians 2:19, with Philippians 1:29, also 2 Thessalonians 1:3-7; and Hebrews 10:33. "And in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ" They that are fellow heirs with the saints in the kingdom of glory, must be fellow sufferers in the kingdom of patience trough tribulation. Acts 14:22 "Was in the Isle that is called Patmos, for the Word of God, and for the Testimony of Jesus" Patmos is an island in the Aegean Sea, near the coast of the lesser Asia, into which island John was banished in the reign of Domitian a Roman, pagan emperor; not for treason, nor rebellion, nor any other crime against civil government; but for the word of God, which he preached, and the testimony of Jesus Christ that John bare. John 21:24 This is the disciple who testified of those things, and we know that his testimony is true.