Revelation 21:1-13 ▼

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared, and the sea was gone.

2 I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

3 I heard a loud voice from the throne say, |See, the tent of God is among humans! He will make his home with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God.

4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There won't be death anymore. There won't be any grief, crying, or pain, because the first things have disappeared.|

5 The one sitting on the throne said, |See, I am making all things new!| He said, |Write this: 'These words are trustworthy and true.'|

6 Then he told me, |It has happened! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will freely give a drink from the spring of the water of life to the one who is thirsty.

7 The person who conquers will inherit these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

8 But people who are cowardly, unfaithful, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.|

9 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came to me and said, |Come! I will show you the bride, the wife of the lamb.|

10 He carried me away in the Spirit to a large, high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven.

11 The glory of God was its radiance, and its light was like a valuable gem, like jasper, as clear as crystal.

12 It had a large, high wall with twelve gates. Twelve angels were at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of Israel were written on the gates.

13 There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.