# Revelation 21.1-4

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**Book:** [Revelation](/codex/revelation/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> **1. And 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. 2. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3. And 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: 4. and 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.**
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> 5. And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, <span class="rl-speech">Write: for these words are faithful and true.</span> 6. And he said unto me, <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> (Revelation 21:1-6, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> **1. 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. 2. I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. 3. 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. 4. 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.”**
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> 5. He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, <span class="rl-speech">“Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.”</span> 6. He said to me, <span class="rl-speech">“I have become 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.</span> (Revelation 21:1-6, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> **1. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 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, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.**
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> 5. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, <span class="rl-speech">Write: for these words are true and faithful.</span> 6. And he said unto me, <span class="rl-speech">It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.</span> (Revelation 21:1-6, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> **1. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more; 2. and I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of the heaven, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband; 3. and I heard a great voice out of the heaven, saying, 'Lo, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Himself shall be with them, their God, 4. and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'**
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> 5. And He who is sitting upon the throne said, 'Lo, new I make all things; and He saith to me, <span class="rl-speech">'Write, because these words are true and stedfast;'</span> 6. and He said to me, <span class="rl-speech">'It hath been done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End; I, to him who is thirsting, will give of the fountain of the water of the life freely;</span> (Revelation 21:1-6, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

- _TBD_
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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from Desire](/codex/argument-from-desire/), via [Revelation 21.1-5](/codex/revelation-21-1-5/)
- [Argument from the Fear of Death](/codex/argument-from-the-fear-of-death/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [Argument from the Universal Tear-Hierarchy Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-universal-tear-hierarchy-convergence/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [Christian God is the Only True God](/codex/christian-god-is-the-only-true-god/), via [Revelation 21.1-5](/codex/revelation-21-1-5/)
- [Did God Cause the Rape of Davids Wives Objection Defeater](/codex/did-god-cause-the-rape-of-davids-wives-objection-defeater/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [Evidential Problem of Evil Defeater](/codex/evidential-problem-of-evil-defeater/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [Free Will Argument from Love](/codex/free-will-argument-from-love/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [God Causes Cancer Objection Defeater](/codex/god-causes-cancer-objection-defeater/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [Isaiah 14 Reverse Slavery Prophecy Objection Defeater](/codex/isaiah-14-reverse-slavery-prophecy-objection-defeater/), via [Revelation 21.3-4](/codex/revelation-21-3-4/)
- [Mosaic Law Binding for True Israelites Objection Defeater](/codex/mosaic-law-binding-for-true-israelites-objection-defeater/), via [Revelation 21.3](/codex/revelation-21-3/)
- [Pragmatic Argument](/codex/pragmatic-argument/), via [Revelation 21.1-5](/codex/revelation-21-1-5/)
- [Problem of Evil, Free Will Defense](/codex/problem-of-evil-free-will-defense/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [Why Doesnt God Stop Satan Objection Defeater](/codex/why-doesnt-god-stop-satan-objection-defeater/), via [Revelation 21.1-5](/codex/revelation-21-1-5/), [Revelation 21.3-4](/codex/revelation-21-3-4/)

**Concepts:**

- [100 Verses of Compassion and God's Goodness](/codex/100-verses-of-compassion-and-gods-goodness/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [Christianity](/codex/christianity/), via [Revelation 21.3-4](/codex/revelation-21-3-4/)
- [Eschatology](/codex/eschatology/), via [Revelation 21.1-5](/codex/revelation-21-1-5/), [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [God and the Killing of Children](/codex/god-and-the-killing-of-children/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [God is Impossible Paradox Cluster](/codex/god-is-impossible-paradox-cluster/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [Heaven](/codex/heaven/)
- [Isaiah 45.7 I Create Evil](/codex/isaiah-45-7-i-create-evil/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [Lesson 2.2, The Six Structural Commitments of Christianity](/codex/lesson-2-2-the-six-structural-commitments-of-christianity/), via [Revelation 21.1-3](/codex/revelation-21-1-3/)
- [New Heavens and New Earth](/codex/new-heavens-and-new-earth/), via [Revelation 21.1](/codex/revelation-21-1/), [Revelation 21.2](/codex/revelation-21-2/), [Revelation 21.3](/codex/revelation-21-3/)
- [Olive Tree](/codex/romans-11/), via [Revelation 21.1](/codex/revelation-21-1/)
- [OT Sexual-Violence Laws](/codex/ot-sexual-violence-laws/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [Quick Objection Responses](/codex/quick-objection-responses/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [Rapture Timing Comparison](/codex/rapture-timing-comparison/), via [Revelation 21.1](/codex/revelation-21-1/)
- [Resurrection of Jesus - Theological Significance](/codex/resurrection-of-jesus-theological-significance/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [Second Law of Thermodynamics](/codex/second-law-of-thermodynamics/), via [Revelation 21.1](/codex/revelation-21-1/)
- [Spirit of Sorrow](/codex/spirit-of-sorrow/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [Theistic Evolution](/codex/theistic-evolution/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [Theodicy](/codex/theodicy/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G2288 - thanatos](/codex/g2288-thanatos/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)
- [G2937 - ktisis](/codex/g2937-ktisis/), via [Revelation 21.1](/codex/revelation-21-1/)
- [G4637 - skenoo](/codex/g4637-skenoo/), via [Revelation 21.3](/codex/revelation-21-3/)
- [H4194 - mavet](/codex/h4194-mavet/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)

**Guides:**

- [02 Faith and Worldview](/codex/02-faith-and-worldview/), via [Revelation 21.1-3](/codex/revelation-21-1-3/)

**Other pages:**

- [Sad in Heaven, The Eschatology of Family Loss](/codex/sad-in-heaven-the-eschatology-of-family-loss/), via [Revelation 21.4](/codex/revelation-21-4/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.