⁴ ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes.^(A) There will be no more death’^[a](B) or mourning or crying or pain,^(C) for the old order of things has passed away.”^(D)

⁵⁴ When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”^[a](A)

²⁶ The moon will shine like the sun,^(A) and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals^(B) the wounds he inflicted.

¹⁴ Then death^(A) and Hades^(B) were thrown into the lake of fire.^(C) The lake of fire is the second death.^(D)

¹⁴ If you are insulted because of the name of Christ,^(A) you are blessed,^(B) for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.