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22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.
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I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
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The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.
24 By its light shall the nations walk; and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory into it,
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The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.
25 and its gates shall never be shut by day--and there shall be no night there;
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On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there.
26 they shall bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.
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The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.
27 But nothing unclean shall enter it, nor any one who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
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Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
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