The Judgment of the Dead

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne^(A) and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence,^(B) and there was no place for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, great and small,^(C) standing before the throne, and books were opened.^(D) Another book was opened, which is the book of life.^(E) The dead were judged^(F) according to what they had done^(G) as recorded in the books. ¹³ The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades^(H) gave up the dead^(I) that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.^{(J) 14} Then death^(K) and Hades^(L) were thrown into the lake of fire.^(M) The lake of fire is the second death.^{(N) 15} Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life^(O) was thrown into the lake of fire.

A New Heaven and a New Earth

21 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”^[a](P) for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,^(Q) and there was no longer any sea. ² I saw the Holy City,^(R) the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,^(S) prepared as a bride^(T) beautifully dressed for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.^(U) They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.^{(V) 4} ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes.^(W) There will be no more death’^[b](X) or mourning or crying or pain,^(Y) for the old order of things has passed away.”^(Z)

⁵ He who was seated on the throne^(AA) said, “I am making everything new!”^(AB) Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”^(AC)

⁶ He said to me: “It is done.^(AD) I am the Alpha and the Omega,^(AE) the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost^(AF) from the spring of the water of life.^{(AG) 7} Those who are victorious^(AH) will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.^{(AI) 8} But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars^(AJ)—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.^(AK) This is the second death.”^(AL)