Chapter 21
1 I saw a new heaven and a new earth , for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more .
2 I saw the holy city , New Jerusalem , coming down out of heaven from God , prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
3 I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying , " Behold , God ’s dwelling is with people ; and he will dwell with them , and they will be his people , and God himself will be with them as their God .
4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes . Death will be no more ; neither will there be mourning , nor crying , nor pain any more . The first things have passed away ."
5 He who sits on the throne said , " Behold , I am making all things new ." He said , " Write , for these words of God are faithful and true ."
6 He said to me , " I am the Alpha and the Omega , the Beginning and the End . I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life .
7 He who overcomes , I will give him these things . I will be his God , and he will be my son .
8 But for the cowardly , unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers , sexually immoral , sorcerers , idolaters , and all liars , their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death ."
9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls which were loaded with the seven last plagues came , and he spoke with me , saying , " Come here . I will show you the bride , the Lamb ’ s wife ."
10 He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain , and showed me the holy city , Jerusalem , coming down out of heaven from God ,
11 having the glory of God . Her light was like a most precious stone , like a jasper stone , clear as crystal ;
12 having a great and high wall with twelve gates , and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on them , which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel .
13 On the east were three gates , and on the north three gates , and on the south three gates , and on the west three gates .
14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations , and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
15 He who spoke with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city , its gates , and its walls .
16 The city is square . Its length is as great as its width . He measured the city with the reed : twelve thousand and twelve stadia. Its length , width , and height are equal .
17 Its wall is one hundred and forty-four cubits , by the measure of a man , that is , of an angel.
18 The construction of its wall was jasper . The city was pure gold , like pure glass .
19 The foundations of the city ’s wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones . The first foundation was jasper , the second sapphire , the third chalcedony , the fourth emerald ,
20 the fifth sardonyx , the sixth sardius , the seventh chrysolite , the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz , the tenth chrysoprase , the eleventh jacinth , and the twelfth amethyst.
21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls . Each one of the gates was made of one pearl . The street of the city was pure gold , like transparent glass .
22 I saw no temple in it , for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple .
23 The city has no need for the sun or moon to shine , for the very glory of God illuminated it and its lamp is the Lamb.
24 The nations will walk in its light . The kings of the earth bring the glory and honour of the nations into it .
25 Its gates will in no way be shut by day ( for there will be no night there ),
26 and they shall bring the glory and the honour of the nations into it so that they may enter .
27 There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie , but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life .