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And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.(A)

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10 For he looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.(A)

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12 If you conquer, I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God; you will never go out of it. I will write on you the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.(A)

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10 And in the spirit[a] he carried me away to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 21.10 Or in the Spirit

14 For here we have no lasting city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.(A)

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10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
    my whole being shall exult in my God,
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
    he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland
    and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.(A)

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Let us rejoice and exult
    and give him the glory,
for the marriage of the Lamb has come,
    and his bride has made herself ready;(A)
to her it has been granted to be clothed
    with fine linen, bright and pure”—

for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.(B)

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22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,(A)

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19 if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away that person’s share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

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25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word, 27 so as to present the church to himself in splendor, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, so that she may be holy and without blemish.(A)

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I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.(A)

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For your Maker is your husband;
    the Lord of hosts is his name;
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
    the God of the whole earth he is called.(A)

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You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
    and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,
but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her
    and your land Married,
for the Lord delights in you,
    and your land shall be married.(A)

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Let Zion Rejoice

52 Awake; awake;
    put on your strength, O Zion!
Put on your beautiful garments,
    O Jerusalem, the holy city,
for the uncircumcised and the unclean
    shall enter you no more.(A)

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Psalm 48

The Glory and Strength of Zion

A Song. A Psalm of the Korahites.

Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised
    in the city of our God.
His holy mountain,(A) beautiful in elevation,
    is the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
    the city of the great King.(B)
Within its citadels God
    has shown himself a sure defense.(C)

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30 because we are members of his body.[a](A) 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”(B) 32 This is a great mystery, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

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Footnotes

  1. 5.30 Other ancient authorities add of his flesh and of his bones

25 Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia[a] and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. 26 But the other woman corresponds to the Jerusalem above; she is free, and she is our mother.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 4.25 Other ancient authorities read For Sinai is a mountain in Arabia

Glorious things are spoken of you,
    O city of God. Selah(A)

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    daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;
    at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.(A)

10 Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear;
    forget your people and your father’s house,(B)
11     and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your lord, bow to him;(C)
12     Daughter Tyre will seek your favor with gifts,
the richest of the people(D) 13     with all kinds of wealth.

The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;[a](E)
14     in many-colored robes she is led to the king;
    behind her the virgins, her companions, follow.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 45.13 Or people. All glorious is the princess within, gold embroidery is her clothing

but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample over the holy city for forty-two months.(A)

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A Vision of Christ

I, John, your brother who share with you the persecution and the kingdom and the endurance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.9 Or testimony to Jesus

John to the seven churches that are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,(A)

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Introduction and Salutation

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place, and he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,(A)

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29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom who stands and hears him rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. For this reason my joy has been fulfilled.(A)

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23 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its towns when I restore their fortunes:

“The Lord bless you, O abode of righteousness,
    O holy hill!”(A)

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