Revelation 21:1-7

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The New Creation

21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth,^(A) for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea no longer existed.^(B) ²I also saw the Holy City, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,^(C) prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.^(D)

³Then I heard a loud voice from the throne:^[a]

Look! God’s dwelling^[b] is with humanity,
and He will live with them.
They will be His people,^(E)
and God Himself will be with them
and be their God.^[c]
⁴He will wipe away every tear from their eyes.^(F)
Death will no longer exist;^(G)
grief, crying, and pain will exist no longer,^(H)
because the previous things^[d] have passed away.^(I)

⁵Then the One seated on the throne said, “Look! I am making everything new.” He also said, “Write, because these words^[e] are faithful and true.”^(J) ⁶And He said to me, “It is done!^(K) I am the Alpha and the Omega,^(L) the Beginning and the End.^(M) I will give water as a gift to the thirsty^(N) from the spring of life.^(O) ⁷The victor^(P) will inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.^(Q)