19 (A)The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: 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, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve (B)pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. (C)And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

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22 (D)But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 (E)The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine [a]in it, for the [b]glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. 24 (F)And the nations [c]of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor [d]into it. 25 (G)Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (H)(there shall be no night there). 26 (I)And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into [e]it. 27 But (J)there shall by no means enter it anything [f]that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s (K)Book of Life.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:23 NU, M omit in it
  2. Revelation 21:23 M very glory
  3. Revelation 21:24 NU, M omit of those who are saved
  4. Revelation 21:24 M of the nations to Him
  5. Revelation 21:26 M adds that they may enter in.
  6. Revelation 21:27 NU, M profane, nor one who causes

19 The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone.(A) The first foundation was jasper,(B) the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby,(C) the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.[a] 21 The twelve gates(D) were twelve pearls,(E) each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.(F)

22 I did not see a temple(G) in the city, because the Lord God Almighty(H) and the Lamb(I) are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God(J) gives it light,(K) and the Lamb(L) is its lamp. 24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.(M) 25 On no day will its gates(N) ever be shut,(O) for there will be no night there.(P) 26 The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.(Q) 27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful,(R) but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.(S)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:20 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.