Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
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 Rev 21:1 |
Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. |
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Rev 21:2 |
Then I, John, [fn] saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. |
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Rev 21:3 |
And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them [and be] their God. |
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Rev 21:4 |
"And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." |
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Rev 21:5 |
Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." And He said to me, [fn] "Write, for these words are true and faithful." |
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Rev 21:6 |
And He said to me, "It is done! [fn] I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. |
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Rev 21:7 |
"He who overcomes shall inherit all things, [fn] and I will be his God and he shall be My son. |
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Rev 21:8 |
"But the cowardly, unbelieving, [fn] abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." |
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Rev 21:9 |
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me [fn] and talked with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife." [fn] |
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Rev 21:10 |
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy [fn] Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, |
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Rev 21:11 |
having the glory of God. Her light [was] like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. |
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Rev 21:12 |
Also she had a great and high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are [the names] of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: |
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Rev 21:13 |
three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west. |
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Rev 21:14 |
Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names [fn] of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. |
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Rev 21:15 |
And he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. |
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Rev 21:16 |
The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. |
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Rev 21:17 |
Then he measured its wall: one hundred [and] forty-four cubits, [according] to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. |
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Rev 21:18 |
The construction of its wall was [of] jasper; and the city [was] pure gold, like clear glass. |
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Rev 21:19 |
The foundations of the wall of the city [were] adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation [was] jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, |
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Rev 21:20 |
the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. |
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Rev 21:21 |
The twelve gates [were] twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city [was] pure gold, like transparent glass. |
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Rev 21:22 |
But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. |
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Rev 21:23 |
The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, [fn] for the glory [fn] of God illuminated it. The Lamb [is] its light. |
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Rev 21:24 |
And the nations of those who are saved [fn] shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. [fn] |
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Rev 21:25 |
Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there). |
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Rev 21:26 |
And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. [fn] |
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Rev 21:27 |
But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes [fn] an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. |
NKJV Footnotes:
- (21:2) NU-Text and M-Text omit John.
- (21:5) NU-Text and M-Text omit to me.
- (21:6) M-Text omits It is done.
- (21:7) M-Text reads overcomes, I shall give him these things.
- (21:8) M-Text adds and sinners.
- (21:9) NU-Text and M-Text omit to me.
- (21:9) M-Text reads I will show you the woman, the Lamb's bride.
- (21:10) NU-Text and M-Text omit the great and read the holy city, Jerusalem.
- (21:14) NU-Text and M-Text read twelve names.
- (21:23) NU-Text and M-Text omit in it.
- (21:23) M-Text reads the very glory.
- (21:24) NU-Text and M-Text omit of those who are saved.
- (21:24) M-Text reads the glory and honor of the nations to Him.
- (21:26) M-Text adds that they may enter in.
- (21:27) NU-Text and M-Text read anything profane, nor one who causes.
