Revelation:21:1-22

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* I saw a new heaven and a new earth : for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away , and the sea is no more . * I saw the holy city , New Jerusalem , coming down out of heaven from God , prepared like a bride adorned for her husband . * I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying , "Behold , God 's dwelling is with people , and he will dwell with them , and they will be his people , and God himself will be with them as their God . * He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes . Death will be no more ; neither will there be mourning , nor crying , nor pain , any more . The first things have passed away ." * He who sits on the throne said , "Behold , I am making all things new ." He said , "Write , for these words of God are faithful and true ." * He said to me , "It is done ! I am the Alpha and the Omega , the Beginning and the End . I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life . * He who overcomes , I will give him these things . I will be his God , and he will be my son . * But for the cowardly , unbelieving , sinners , abominable , murderers , sexually immoral , sorcerers , {The word for "sorcerers " here also includes users of potions and drugs .} idolaters , and all liars , their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur , which is the second death ." * One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls , who were loaded with the seven last plagues came , and he spoke with me , saying , "Come here . I will show you the wife , the Lamb 's bride ." * He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain , and showed me the holy city , Jerusalem , coming down out of heaven from God , * having the glory of God . Her light was like a most precious stone , as if it were a jasper stone , clear as crystal ; * having a great and high wall ; having twelve gates , and at the gates twelve angels ; and names written on them , which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel . * On the east were three gates ; and on the north three gates ; and on the south three gates ; and on the west three gates . * The wall of the city had twelve foundations , and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb . * He who spoke with me had for a measure , a golden reed , to measure the city , its gates , and its walls . * The city lies foursquare , and its length is as great as its breadth . He measured the city with the reed , Twelve thousand twelve stadia {12 ,012 stadia = or 2 ,221 kilometers or 1 ,380 miles . TR reads 12 ,000 stadia instead of 12 ,012 stadia .}. Its length , breadth , and height are equal . * Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits , {144 cubits is about 65 .8 meters or 216 feet } by the measure of a man , that is , of an angel . * The construction of its wall was jasper . The city was pure gold , like pure glass . * The foundations of the city 's wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones . The first foundation was jasper ; the second , sapphire {or , lapis lazuli }; the third , chalcedony ; the fourth , emerald ; * the fifth , sardonyx ; the sixth , sardius ; the seventh , chrysolite ; the eighth , beryl ; the ninth , topaz ; the tenth , chrysoprasus ; the eleventh , jacinth ; and the twelfth , amethyst . * The twelve gates were twelve pearls . Each one of the gates was made of one pearl . The street of the city was pure gold , like transparent glass . * I saw no temple in it , for the Lord God , the Almighty , and the Lamb , are its temple .

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