Revelation 21 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

The New Heaven and Earth

Rev 21:1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.

Rev 21:2

Rev 21:2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.

Rev 21:3

Rev 21:3And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God:

Rev 21:4

Rev 21:4and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

Rev 21:5

Rev 21:5And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true.

Rev 21:6

Rev 21:6And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

Rev 21:7

Rev 21:7He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

Rev 21:8

Rev 21:8But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

(cf. Eze 48:30–35 )

Rev 21:9

Rev 21:9And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.

The New Jerusalem

Rev 21:10

Rev 21:10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

Rev 21:11

Rev 21:11having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:

Rev 21:12

Rev 21:12having a wall great and high; having 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:

Rev 21:13

Rev 21:13on the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

Rev 21:14

Rev 21:14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Rev 21:15

Rev 21:15And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

Rev 21:16

Rev 21:16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal.

Rev 21:17

Rev 21:17And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

Rev 21:18

Rev 21:18And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass.

Rev 21:19

Rev 21:19The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

Rev 21:20

Rev 21:20the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

Rev 21:21

Rev 21:21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the several gates was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

Rev 21:22

Rev 21:22And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof.

Rev 21:23

Rev 21:23And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.

Rev 21:24

Rev 21:24And the nations shall walk amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it.

Rev 21:25

Rev 21:25And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there):

Rev 21:26

Rev 21:26and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it:

Rev 21:27

Rev 21:27and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Revelation 21 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

The New Heaven and Earth

The New Jerusalem

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