When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. He laid his right hand on me and said: 'Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, the Living One; I was dead, and behold, I am alive for ever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and of hell.'

I turned round to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed in a long robe with a golden belt about his waist. His head and his hair were white as snow, his eyes like a flame of fire, his feet like burnished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice like the sound of many waters.

I also saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. I heard a loud voice from the throne say: 'Behold, the dwelling of God is with men; he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and he himself will be with them as their God.'

The one seated on the throne said: 'Behold, I make all things new.' He also said: 'Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.' And he said to me: 'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water from the spring of life without price.'

His head and his hair were white as snow, his eyes like a flame of fire, his feet like burnished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice like the sound of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp sword, and his face was like the shining sun.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. He laid his right hand on me and said: 'Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, the Living One; I was dead, and behold, I am alive for ever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and of hell.'

They all stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands, and cried out in a loud voice: 'Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!' And all the angels who stood around the throne, the elders and the four living creatures, fell prostrate before the throne and worshipped God.

Therefore they stand before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and the one seated on the throne will dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat, for the Lamb in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

Among the lampstands was one like a son of man, clothed in a long robe with a golden belt about his waist. His head and his hair were white as snow, his eyes like a flame of fire, his feet like burnished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice like the sound of many waters.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. He laid his right hand on me and said: 'Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, the Living One; I was dead, and behold, I am alive for ever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and of hell.'

Among the lampstands was one like a son of man, clothed in a long robe with a golden belt about his waist. His head and his hair were white as snow, his eyes like a flame of fire, his feet like burnished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice like the sound of many waters.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. He laid his right hand on me and said: 'Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, the Living One; I was dead, and behold, I am alive for ever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and of hell.'

The one seated on the throne said: 'Behold, I make all things new.' He also said: 'Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.' And he said to me: 'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water from the spring of life without price.'

The victor shall inherit these things; I will be his God and he shall be my son. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the shameful, murderers, the unchaste, sorcerers, idolaters and all liars, their portion is in the lake burning with sulphur, which is the second death.