Revelation 22:1-13

Christian Standard Bible

The Source of Life

22 Then he showed me the river^[a] of the water of life,^(A) clear as crystal,^(B) flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb^{(C) 2} down the middle of the city’s main street. The tree of life was on each side of the river, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit every month.^(D) The leaves of the tree are for healing the nations,^{(E) 3} and there will no longer be any curse.^(F) The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will worship him. ⁴ They will see his face,^(G) and his name will be on their foreheads.^{(H) 5} Night will be no more;^(I) people will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will give them light,^(J) and they will reign forever and ever.

The Time Is Near

⁶ Then he said to me, “These words are faithful^[b] and true.^(K) The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets,^[c] has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”^(L)

⁷ “Look, I am coming soon!^(M) Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”^(N)

⁸ I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown them to me. ⁹ But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you, your brothers the prophets, and those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!” ^(O)

¹⁰ Then he said to me, “Don’t seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near.^{(P) 11} Let the unrighteous go on in unrighteousness; let the filthy still be filthy; let the righteous go on in righteousness; let the holy still be holy.”^(Q)

¹² “Look, I am coming soon, and my reward is with me^(R) to repay each person according to his work.^{(S) 13} I am the Alpha and the Omega, ^(T) the first and the last,^(U) the beginning and the end.^(V)