A New Heaven and a New Earth

21 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”^[a](A) for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,^(B) and there was no longer any sea.

⁵ He who was seated on the throne^(A) said, “I am making everything new!”^(B) Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”^(C)

⁶ He said to me: “It is done.^(D) I am the Alpha and the Omega,^(E) the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost^(F) from the spring of the water of life.^{(G) 7} Those who are victorious^(H) will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.^(I)

The New Jerusalem, the Bride of the Lamb

⁹ One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues^(A) came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride,^(B) the wife of the Lamb.” ¹⁰ And he carried me away^(C) in the Spirit^(D) to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.^(E)

²³ The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God^(A) gives it light,^(B) and the Lamb^(C) is its lamp. ²⁴ The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.^{(D) 25} On no day will its gates^(E) ever be shut,^(F) for there will be no night there.^(G)

³ No longer will there be any curse.^(A) The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him.^(B)

¹³ I am the Alpha and the Omega,^(A) the First and the Last,^(B) the Beginning and the End.^(C)

¹⁴ “Blessed are those who wash their robes,^(D) that they may have the right to the tree of life^(E) and may go through the gates^(F) into the city.^(G)

¹⁷ The Spirit^(A) and the bride^(B) say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.^(C)

²⁰ He who testifies to these things^(A) says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”^(B)

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.^(C)