Revelation 21:1–27

All Things Made New

21Now ^aI saw a new heaven and a new earth, ^bfor the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. ²Then I, ¹John, saw ^cthe holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared ^das a bride adorned for her husband. ³And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, ^ethe tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. ^4fAnd God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; ^gthere shall be no more death, ^hnor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

⁵Then ⁱHe who sat on the throne said, ^j“Behold, I make all things new.” And He said ²to me, “Write, for ^kthese words are true and faithful.”

⁶And He said to me, ^l“It ³is done! ^mI am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. ⁿI will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. ⁷He who overcomes ⁴shall inherit all things, and ^oI will be his God and he shall be My son. ^8pBut the cowardly, ⁵unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in ^qthe lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

The New Jerusalem

⁹Then one of ^rthe seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came ⁶to me and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you ^sthe ⁷bride, the Lamb’s wife.” ¹⁰And he carried me away ^tin the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me ^uthe ⁸great city, the ⁹holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, ^11vhaving the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. ¹²Also she had a great and high wall with ^wtwelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: ^13xthree gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.

¹⁴Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and ^yon them were the ¹names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. ¹⁵And he who talked with me ^zhad a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. ¹⁶The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand ²furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. ¹⁷Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. ¹⁸The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. ^19aThe foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, ²⁰the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. ²¹The twelve gates were twelve ^bpearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. ^cAnd the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

The Glory of the New Jerusalem

^22dBut I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. ^23eThe city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine ³in it, for the ⁴glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. ^24fAnd the nations ⁵of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor ⁶into it. ^25gIts gates shall not be shut at all by day ^h(there shall be no night there). ²⁶ⁱAnd they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into ⁷it. ²⁷But ^jthere shall by no means enter it anything ⁸that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s ^kBook of Life.