²¹ that the creation itself will be set free from its enslavement to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

³ Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him;^{(A) 4} they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.^{(B) 5} And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.^(C)

²¹ who must remain in heaven until the time of universal restoration that God announced long ago through his holy prophets.^(A)

The New Heaven and the New Earth

21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.^(A)

¹³ But, in accordance with his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.^(A)

¹⁹ For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God,