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Chapter 21 |
| 1 | And I saw a
new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were
passed away; and there was no more sea. |
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2 | And I John saw the holy
city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband. |
| 3 | And I heard a great voice out of heaven
saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them,
and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their
God. |
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And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there
shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any
more pain: for the former things are passed away. |
| 5 | And he that
sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me,
Write: for these words are true and faithful. |
| 6 | And he said
unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will
give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life
freely. |
| 7 |
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his
God, and he shall be my son. |
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8 | But the fearful, and unbelieving, and
the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters,
and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and
brimstone: which is the second death. |
| 9 | And there came unto me one of
the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and
talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's
wife. |
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And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high
mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of
heaven from God, |
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11 | Having the glory of God: and her light was like
unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
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| 12 | And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates
twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve
tribes of the children of Israel: |
| 13 | On the east three gates; on
the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three
gates. |
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| And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in
them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. |
| 15 | And he that
talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof,
and the wall thereof. |
| 16 | And the city lieth foursquare, and the
length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed,
twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are
equal. |
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| And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty
and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the
angel. |
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| And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the
city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. |
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19 | And the foundations of
the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The
first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the
fourth, an emerald; |
| 20 | The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the
seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a
chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. |
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And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl:
and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
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| 22 | And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are
the temple of it. |
| 23 | And the city had no need of the sun, neither
of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb
is the light thereof. |
| 24 | And the nations of them which are saved
shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory
and honour into it. |
| 25 | And the gates of it shall not be shut at all
by day: for there shall be no night there. |
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26 | And they shall bring
the glory and honour of the nations into it. |
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27 | And there shall in no
wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh
abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of
life. |
