No longer will there be a curse upon anything. For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants will worship him.
Parallel translations
- WEB There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants serve him.
- KJV And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
- BSB No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.
- NKJV And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.
- NASB There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him;
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Quick answer
There will be no curse any longer; God's and the Lamb's throne is there and his servants serve him. The curse of sin is fully undone and joyful worship fills the new creation.
Overview
The removal of the curse reverses Genesis 3, fulfilling redemption's goal that all effects of the fall be undone. The shared throne of God and the Lamb again affirms Christ's deity and his central place in the new creation. The redeemed serve God as glad worshipers, the very purpose for which they were made.
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- Matt 25:21“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
- Rev 21:3–4I 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.
- John 12:26If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
- Rev 7:15–17Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.
- John 14:3If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
- Ezek 37:27My tent also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Zech 14:11Men will dwell therein, and there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will dwell safely.
- Ps 17:15As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
- Ps 16:11You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.
- Isa 12:6Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for the Holy One of Israel is great among you!”
- Rev 21:22–23I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.
- Matt 25:41Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
- John 17:24Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
- Gen 3:10–13The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
- Deut 27:26‘Cursed is he who doesn’t uphold the words of this law by doing them.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’”
- Ezek 48:35It shall be eighteen thousand reeds around: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh is there.
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