Revelation 21:22

I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

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In The King James Version

And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

In Context

21The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each of the gates was made from a single pearl. The streets of the city were pure gold, like transparent glass.

23The city had no need of the sun or the moon in order to shine on it because the glory of God shone on it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:27But will God actually live on the earth? Look, the entire universe and heaven itself cannot contain you—how much less can this temple that I have built!

2 Chronicles 6:18But will God actually live with mankind on the earth? Look, the entire universe and heaven itself cannot contain you—how much less can this temple that I have built!

John 2:19Jesus replied, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

John 4:23However, the hour is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to be his worshipers.

John 13:32God will glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately.

Colossians 2:9For in him all the fullness of God lives in bodily form.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 21:10-27

The New Jerusalem. ( a. d. 95.) 9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, 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 heaven from God, 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; 12 And had a… Read the whole commentary →

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