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

⁹ And the angel said^[a] to me, “Write this: ^(E)Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, ^(F)“These are the true words of God.”

² And I saw ^(A)the holy city, ^(B)new Jerusalem, ^(C)coming down out of heaven from God, ^(D)prepared ^(E)as a bride adorned for her husband.

The New Jerusalem

⁹ Then came ^(A)one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of ^(B)the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you ^(C)the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.”