21And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea did not exist any longer. ²And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. ³And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,

“Behold, the dwelling of God is with humanity,

and he will take up residence with them,

and they will be his people

and God himself will be with them.^a

⁴And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes,

and death will not exist any longer,

and^b mourning or wailing or pain will not exist any longer.

The former things^c have passed away.”

⁵And the one seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new!” And he said, “Write, because these words are faithful and true.” ⁶And he said to me, “It is done! I am^d the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water from the spring of the water of life freely.^e ⁷The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God^f and he will be my son^g. ⁸But as for the cowards and unbelievers and detestable persons and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share is in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.

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Revelation 21:4: “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Footnotes

aSome manuscripts have “with them as their God”
bLiterally “or”
cSome manuscripts have “any longer, because the former things”
dSome manuscripts explicitly state “am”
eOr “without charge”
fLiterally “to him God”
gLiterally “to me a son”