New Heavens and a New Earth

²⁴ and to ^(A)put on the ^(B)new man, which ^[a](C)in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

⁴ and He will ^(A)wipe away every tear from their eyes; and ^(B)there will no longer be any death; ^(C)there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain. ^(D)The first things passed away.”

⁵ And ^(E)He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am ^(F)making all things new.” And He *said, “Write, for ^(G)these words are faithful and true.” ⁶ Then He said to me, “^(H)They are done. I am the ^(I)Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. ^(J)I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the ^(K)water of life without cost. ^7 (L)He who overcomes will inherit these things, and ^(M)I will be his God and he will be My son. ^8 (N)But for the cowardly and ^[a]unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in ^(O)the lake that burns with fire and ^[b]brimstone, which is the ^(P)second death.”

^9 (Q)Then one of the seven angels who have the ^(R)seven bowls ^[c]full of the ^(S)seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “^(T)Come here, I will show you the ^(U)bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

New Jerusalem, the Holy City

¹⁰ And ^(V)he carried me away ^[d](W)in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me ^(X)the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, ¹¹ having ^(Y)the glory of God. Her ^[e]brilliance was like precious stone, as a ^(Z)stone of ^(AA)crystal-clear jasper. ^12 [f]It had a great and high wall. ^[g]It had ^(AB)twelve ^(AC)gates and at those gates, twelve angels; and names ^[h]have been written on those gates, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. ¹³ There were three gates on the east and three gates on the north and three gates on the south and three gates on the west. ¹⁴ And the wall of the city had ^(AD)twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the ^(AE)twelve apostles of the Lamb.

¹⁵ And the one who spoke with me had a ^[i]gold measuring ^(AF)rod to measure the city and its ^(AG)gates and its wall. ¹⁶ And the city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the ^[j]rod, ^[k]12,000 stadia; its length and width and height are equal. ¹⁷ And he measured its wall, ^[l]144 cubits, according to ^(AH)human ^[m]measurements, which are also ^(AI)angelic measurements. ¹⁸ And the material of the wall was ^(AJ)jasper, and the city was ^(AK)pure gold, like pure ^(AL)glass. ^19 (AM)The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was ^(AN)jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, ^(AO)emerald; ²⁰ the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, ^(AP)sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. ²¹ And the twelve ^(AQ)gates were twelve ^(AR)pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was ^(AS)pure gold, like transparent ^(AT)glass.

²² And I saw ^(AU)no sanctuary in it, for the ^(AV)Lord God the Almighty and the ^(AW)Lamb are its sanctuary. ²³ And the city ^(AX)has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for ^(AY)the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the ^(AZ)Lamb. ^24 (BA)And the nations will walk by its light, and the ^(BB)kings of the earth ^[n]will bring their glory into it. ^25 (BC)And its gates ^(BD)will never be closed by day, for ^(BE)there will be no night there; ²⁶ and ^(BF)they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. ²⁷ And ^(BG)nothing defiled, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those ^[o]whose names are ^(BH)written in the Lamb’s book of life.