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Revelation 21

John sees a new heaven and a new earth, and the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God. God will live with his people and wipe away every tear: no more death, sorrow, crying or pain. The city shines with God's glory, its gates are never shut, and the Lamb is its light.

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Key verses

  • Verse 1A new heaven and a new earth.
  • Verse 4No more tears, death, sorrow or pain.
  • Verse 5God makes all things new.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.SelectedRevelation 21:1Ask

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.SelectedRevelation 21:2Ask

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.SelectedRevelation 21:3Ask

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.SelectedRevelation 21:4Ask

And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.SelectedRevelation 21:5Ask

And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.SelectedRevelation 21:6Ask

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.SelectedRevelation 21:7Ask

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.SelectedRevelation 21:8Ask

And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.SelectedRevelation 21:9Ask

And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,SelectedRevelation 21:10Ask

Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;SelectedRevelation 21:11Ask

And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:SelectedRevelation 21:12Ask

On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.SelectedRevelation 21:13Ask

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.SelectedRevelation 21:14Ask

And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.SelectedRevelation 21:15Ask

And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.SelectedRevelation 21:16Ask

And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.SelectedRevelation 21:17Ask

And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.SelectedRevelation 21:18Ask

And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;SelectedRevelation 21:19Ask

The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.SelectedRevelation 21:20Ask

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.SelectedRevelation 21:21Ask

And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.SelectedRevelation 21:22Ask

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.SelectedRevelation 21:23Ask

And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.SelectedRevelation 21:24Ask

And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.SelectedRevelation 21:25Ask

And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.SelectedRevelation 21:26Ask

And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.SelectedRevelation 21:27Ask

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