Revelation 21

The New Heaven and the New Earth

1Then 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.

2I also saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.[#21:2 I ¦ I, John, TR]

3And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.[#21:3 heaven 96.1% ¦ the throne CT 1.3%; #21:3 them 26.3% { ANT BYZ HF SBL WH 36.4%} ¦ them as their God TR {22.9%} NA TH {1.7%}]

4He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more, and there will no longer be mourning, crying, or pain, for the former things have passed away.”[#21:4 pain, for 71.1% ¦ pain; SBL TH WH 14.9%]

5Then he who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And he said to me, “Write this down, for these words are true and trustworthy.”[#21:5 to me ¦ --- CT HF; #21:5 words are true and trustworthy ¦ are the trustworthy and true words of God BYZ HF ¦ words are trustworthy and true ANT CT]

6He also said to me, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To him who thirsts I will freely give from the spring of the water of life.[#21:6 I 42.9% {BYZ 31.9%} ¦ It is done! I TR {3.4%} NA TH {1.3%} SBL WH {0.4%} ANT {0%}]

7He who overcomes will inherit these things; I will be his God, and he will be my son.[#21:7 He who overcomes will inherit these things ¦ I will give these things to him who overcomes BYZ HF ¦ He who overcomes will inherit all things TR ¦ These things will belong to him who overcomes ANT; #21:7 he will be my son ¦ they will be my sons]

8But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the sinful, the detestable, the murderers, the fornicators, the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their portion is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”[#21:8 the sinful, ¦ --- ANT CT TR]

The New Jerusalem

9Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show yoʋ the wife, the bride of the Lamb.”[#21:9 came ¦ came to me TR; #21:9 wife, the bride of the Lamb 51.9% ¦ bride of the Lamb, the wife TR 26.2% ¦ bride, the wife of the Lamb ANT CT 12.7%]

10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.[#21:10 great city, the holy ¦ holy city ANT BYZ CT HF ¦ great and holy city]

11The city shone with the glory of God, and its radiance was like a very precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

12It had a great, high wall with twelve gates. Twelve angels were at the gates, and on the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.

13There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.

14The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.[#21:14 twelve ¦ --- TR]

15The angel who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.[#21:15 measuring ¦ --- TR; #21:15 city, its gates, and its wall 48.1% ¦ city and its gates BYZ PCK 49.4%]

16The city is laid out as a square; its length is the same as its width. The angel measured the city with the rod and found it to be twelve thousand stadia. (The length, width, and height were all equal, each measuring twelve thousand stadia.)[#21:16 equal, each measuring twelve thousand stadia. ¦ equal. ANT BYZ CT TR]

17Then he measured its wall and found it to be one hundred forty-four cubits according to human measurement, which the angel was using.[#21:17 Then he measured its wall and found it to be 51.7% ¦ Its wall was BYZ HF 40%]

18The wall was made of jasper, while the city was pure gold, like clear glass.

19The foundations of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, agate; the fourth, emerald;

20the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, carnelian; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst.

21The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each one of the gates was made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

22I did not see a temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty is its temple, and so is the Lamb.

23The city has no need of sun or moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.[#21:23 shine upon it, for the glory of God ¦ shine, for the glory of God itself HF]

24The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring the glory and honor of the nations into the city to present to God.[#21:24 will walk by ¦ of those who have been saved will walk in TR; #21:24 the glory and honor of the nations into the city to present to God ¦ their glory and honor into the city ANT BYZ PCK TR ¦ their glory into the city CT]

25Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, for there will be no night there.

26They will bring the glory and honor of the nations into the city.[#21:26 into the city ¦ to the city, so that they may enter in BYZ HF]

27But no unclean thing and nothing that causes an abomination or a lie will ever enter it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.[#21:27 no unclean thing ¦ nothing that defiles TR; #21:27 nothing that 44.4% ¦ no one who ANT BYZ HF NA WH {37.5%} SBL TH {7.8%}]

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