Revelation 21:22 (GNV)

Passage

And I sawe no Temple therein: for the Lord God almightie and the Lambe are the Temple of it.

Nearby Context

Revelation 21:20 The fift of a Sardonix: the sixt of a Sardius: the seueth of a Chrysolite: the eight of a Beryl: the ninth of a Topaze: the tenth of a Chrysoprasus: the eleuenth of a Iacynth: the twelfth an Amethyst.

Revelation 21:21 And the twelue gates were twelue pearles, and euery gate is of one pearle, and the streete of the citie is pure golde, as shining glasse.

Revelation 21:22 And I sawe no Temple therein: for the Lord God almightie and the Lambe are the Temple of it.

Revelation 21:23 And this citie hath no neede of the sunne, neither of the moone to shine in it: for the glorie of God did light it: and the Lambe is the light of it.

Revelation 21:24 And the people which are saued, shall walke in the light of it: and the Kings of the earth shall bring their glorie and honour vnto it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sawe", "temple", "therein", "lord", "almightie", and "lambe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sawe" and "temple", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "And the twelue gates were twelue pearles..." into verse 23's "And this citie hath no neede of...", so "sawe" and "temple" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sawe" and "temple" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.