1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and the first earth had gone away, and the sea is no more.
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, "See, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will make his dwelling with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them, their God.
4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will exist no longer, nor will there be grief or outcry or pain any longer, for the first things have gone away."
5 Then the One seated on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." And he tells me, "Write it down, because these words are true and trustworthy."
6 And he said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To whoever is thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
7 He who overcomes will inherit all things; I will be his God, and he will be my son.
8 But the cowardly and unbelieving and vile, murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars—their share will be in the lake that is burning with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
9 And one of the seven angels who held the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, "Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."
10 And in the Spirit he carried me off to a great and lofty mountain, and showed me the great city, holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
11 with the glory of God. Its brilliance resembled a most precious stone, like jasper stone that is clear as crystal.
12 It had a wall great and lofty, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel—
13 from the east, three gates; from the north, three gates; from the south, three gates; and from the west, three gates.
14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 The one talking with me had a golden reed for measuring the city and its gates and its wall.
16 The city is laid out as a square, its length as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand stadia; its length, breadth and height are the same.
17 And he measured its wall: a hundred and forty-four cubits, by a man's measure, which is the angel's.
18 The wall was constructed of jasper, and the city was pure gold resembling clear glass.
19 The foundations of the city's wall were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls; every one of the gates was made from one pearl. And the main street of the city was pure gold, like glass one can see through.
22 I did not see a temple in it, because the Lord God Almighty is its temple, and the Lamb.
23 Nor does the city need the sun or the moon to give light in it, for the glory of God lit it up, and its lamp is the Lamb.
24 And the nations of the saved will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth are bringing their glory and honor into it.
25 Its gates will never be closed by day, for there will be no night there.
26 And they will bring the nations' glory and honor into it.
27 And nothing that defiles, nor anyone who commits abomination and falsehood, will ever get into it, except those who are written in the book of life of the Lamb.