Revelation 21:1–4

THE NEW CREATION

21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth;af for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,ag and the sea was no more.ah 2 I also saw the holy city,ai the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,aj prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.ak

3 Then I heard a loud voiceal from the throne:C,am Look, God’s dwellingD is with humanity, and he will live with them. They will be his peoples,E,an and God himself will be with them and will be their God.F 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes.ao Death will be no more;ap grief, crying, and pain will be no more,aq because the previous thingsG have passed away.ar

af	Is 65:17 Is 66:22 2 Pe 3:13
ag	Lk 21:33 1 Co 7:31 2 Pe 3:10
ah	Is 57:20 Re 13:1 Re 13:6–7
ai	Ne 11:1 Is 48:2 Is 52:1 Da 9:24 Mt 4:5 Mt 27:53 Re 11:2 Re 22:19
aj	Ga 4:26 Php 3:20 Heb 11:10 Heb 12:22 Heb 13:14 Re 3:12
ak	Is 61:10 Re 19:7
al	Dt 5:22 Eze 9:1 Mt 27:46 Mt 27:50 Jn 11:43 Re 1:10 Re 11:12 Re 16:1
C	Other mss read from heaven
am	Mt 19:28
D	Or tent, or tabernacle
E	Other mss read people
an	Le 26:11–12 Je 7:23 Je 30:22 Je 31:33 Eze 37:27 Ho 2:23 Zec 8:8
F	Other mss omit and will be their God
ao	Is 25:8 Is 30:19 Is 35:10 Is 51:11 Is 65:19 Re 7:16–17
ap	Ho 13:14 1 Co 15:54
aq	Is 60:20
G	Or the first things
ar	Is 42:9 2 Co 5:17