Revelation 21:1

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2I also saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

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Cross References

2 Peter 3:13But, according to his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and one who sat upon it. The earth and the sky fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 21:1

Hitherto the prophecy of this book has presented to us a very remarkable mixture of light and shade, prosperity and adversity, mercy and judgment, in the conduct of divine Providence towards the church in the world: now, at the close of all, the day breaks, and the shadows flee away; a new world now appears, the former having passed away. Some are willing to understand all that is said in these last two chapters of the state of the church even here on earth, in the glory of the latter days; but others, more… Read the whole commentary →

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