English Bible Presentation Sharing - Revelation Book, chapter 21, verse 2 in Ncv Version

Revelation 21 : 1 (NCV)

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had disappeared, and there was no sea anymore.

Revelation 21 : 2 (NCV)

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. It was prepared like a bride dressed for her husband.

Revelation 21 : 3 (NCV)

And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Now God's presence is with people, and he will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them and will be their God.

Revelation 21 : 4 (NCV)

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death, sadness, crying, or pain, because all the old ways are gone."

Revelation 21 : 5 (NCV)

The One who was sitting on the throne said, "Look! I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this, because these words are true and can be trusted."

Revelation 21 : 6 (NCV)

The One on the throne said to me, "It is finished. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give free water from the spring of the water of life to anyone who is thirsty.

Revelation 21 : 7 (NCV)

Those who win the victory will receive this, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.

Revelation 21 : 8 (NCV)

But cowards, those who refuse to believe, who do evil things, who kill, who sin sexually, who do evil magic, who worship idols, and who tell lies -- all these will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."

Revelation 21 : 9 (NCV)

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last troubles came to me, saying, "Come with me, and I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."

Revelation 21 : 10 (NCV)

And the angel carried me away by the Spirit to a very large and high mountain. He showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.

Revelation 21 : 11 (NCV)

It was shining with the glory of God and was bright like a very expensive jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.

Revelation 21 : 12 (NCV)

The city had a great high wall with twelve gates with twelve angels at the gates, and on each gate was written the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Revelation 21 : 13 (NCV)

There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.

Revelation 21 : 14 (NCV)

The walls of the city were built on twelve foundation stones, and on the stones were written the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Revelation 21 : 15 (NCV)

The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod made of gold to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.

Revelation 21 : 16 (NCV)

The city was built in a square, and its length was equal to its width. The angel measured the city with the rod. The city was twelve thousand stadian long, twelve thousand stadia wide, and twelve thousand stadia high.

Revelation 21 : 17 (NCV)

The angel also measured the wall. It was one hundred forty-four cubitsn high, by human measurements, which the angel was using.

Revelation 21 : 18 (NCV)

The wall was made of jasper, and the city was made of pure gold, as pure as glass.

Revelation 21 : 19 (NCV)

The foundation stones of the city walls were decorated with every kind of jewel. The first foundation was jasper, the second was sapphire, the third was chalcedony, the fourth was emerald,

Revelation 21 : 20 (NCV)

the fifth was onyx, the sixth was carnelian, the seventh was chrysolite, the eighth was beryl, the ninth was topaz, the tenth was chrysoprase, the eleventh was jacinth, and the twelfth was amethyst.

Revelation 21 : 21 (NCV)

The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate having been made from a single pearl. And the street of the city was made of pure gold as clear as glass.

Revelation 21 : 22 (NCV)

I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the city's temple.

Revelation 21 : 23 (NCV)

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God is its light, and the Lamb is the city's lamp.

Revelation 21 : 24 (NCV)

By its light the people of the world will walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.

Revelation 21 : 25 (NCV)

The city's gates will never be shut on any day, because there is no night there.

Revelation 21 : 26 (NCV)

The glory and the honor of the nations will be brought into it.

Revelation 21 : 27 (NCV)

Nothing unclean and no one who does shameful things or tells lies will ever go into it. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life will enter the city.