^{3 Ref} 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 Ref} 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."

^{5 Ref} He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true."

^{6 Ref} He said to me, "It is done! I am 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.

^{7 Ref} He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.