²¹ that ^(A)the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

^3 (A)No longer will there be anything accursed, but ^(B)the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and ^(C)his servants will worship him. ^4 (D)They will see his face, and ^(E)his name will be on their foreheads. ⁵ And ^(F)night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp ^(G)or sun, for ^(H)the Lord God will be their light, and ^(I)they will reign forever and ever.

^21 (A)whom heaven must receive until the time for ^(B)restoring all the things about which ^(C)God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.

The New Heaven and the New Earth

21 Then I saw ^(A)a new heaven and a new earth, for ^(B)the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

¹³ But according to his promise we are waiting for ^(A)new heavens and a new earth ^(B)in which righteousness dwells.

¹⁹ For the creation waits with eager longing for ^(A)the revealing of the sons of God.