Revelation 21:1–5

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:E,am Look, God’s dwellingF is with humanity, and he will live with them. They will be his peoples,G,an and God himself will be with them and will be their God.H 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 thingsI have passed away.ar

5 Then the one seated on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new.” He also said, “Write, because these wordsJ are faithful and true.”as

Sign up for the Verse of the Day

Get beautiful Bible art delivered to your inbox. We’ll send you a new verse every day to download or share.

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
E	Other mss read from heaven
am	Mt 19:28
F	Or tent, or tabernacle
G	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
H	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
I	Or the first things
ar	Is 42:9 2 Co 5:17
J	Other mss add of God
as	Re 3:14 Re 19:11 Re 22:6