The New Heaven and the New Earth

1 Then I saw a ^qnew heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, ^rnew Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a ^sbride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a ^tloud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place¹ of God is with man. ^uHe will ^vdwell with them, and ^wthey will be his people,² and God himself will be with them as their God.³ 4 He will ^xwipe 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.”

5 And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, ^y“Write this down, for ^zthese words are trustworthy and true.” 6 And he said to me, “It is done! ^aI am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the ^bwater of life ^cwithout payment. 7 ^dThe one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my ^eson.

22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city has ^uno need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 ^vBy its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, 25 and ^wits gates will never be shut by day—and ^xthere will be no night there. 26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But ^ynothing unclean ^zwill ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s ^abook of life.