4. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and death shall be no more neither shall there be any more sorrow nor crying nor pain; for the former things are passed away.
5. And he that was seated upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are faithful and true.
6. And he said unto me, It is done. I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is thirsty of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7. He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8. But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
9. And there came unto me one of the seven angels who had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues and talked with me, saying, Come here, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
10. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of the heaven from and with God,
11. having the clarity of God; and her light was like unto a most precious stone, even like a jasper stone, shining like crystal.
12. And it had a wall great and high, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel:
13. On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.